1759 in art

Overview of the events of 1759 in art

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Events from the year 1759 in art.

## Events

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* Thomas Gainsborough and his family move to Bath, England.

## Works

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Thomas Gainsborough, Self-portrait, 1759

* Giambettino Cignaroli – Death of Cato
* Thomas Gainsborough
* Self-portrait
* Thomas Wollaston
* Joshua Reynolds – Kitty Fisher as Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl
* John Shackleton – George II (British Museum, London)

## Births

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* January 21 – François Baillairgé, Canadian artist of woodworking, wood-carving and architecture (died 1830)
* February 10 – Carlo Lasinio, Italian engraver (died 1838)
* March 1 – Christian Gullager, Danish artist specializing in portraits and theatrical scenery (died 1826)
* July 10 – Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Belgian flower painter (died 1840)
* July 27 – Pierre Charles Baquoy, French painter and engraver especially of famous historical characters (died 1829)
* August 15 – Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, French miniature painter (died 1832)
* August 16 – Carl Frederik von Breda, Swedish painter to the Swedish court (died 1818)
* December 16 – Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois, French physicist and painter (died 1832)
* December 29 – Julius Caesar Ibbetson, landscape painter (died 1817)
* date unknown
* Jean-Baptiste Audebert, French natural history artist (died 1800)
* Henri Auguste, Parisian gold- and silversmith (died 1816)
* Louis-André-Gabriel Bouchet, French historical painter (died 1842)
* Adam Buck, Irish neo-classical portraitist and miniature painter (died 1833)
* Antoine Michel Filhol, French engraver (died 1812)
* John Frederick Miller, English illustrator (died 1796)
* Rafael Ximeno y Planes, Spanish painter (died 1825)

## Deaths

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* January 15 \- Bernardo Germán de Llórente, Spanish painter of the late-Baroque period (born 1685)
* March 27 – August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, miniature painter and naturalist (born 1705)
* April 4 – Christoffer Foltmar, Danish painter of miniatures and organist (born 1718)
* April 20 – Jeong Seon, Korean landscape painter (born 1676)
* May 12 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (born 1700)
* June 20 – Margareta Capsia, Finnish painter (born 1682)
* July 25 \- Theodoor Verhaegen, sculptor from the Southern Netherlands (born 1701)
* September 27 – Gaetano Fanti, Italian fresco painter (born 1687)
* date unknown
* Placido Costanzi, Italian painter of the Costanzi family of artists (born 1702)
* Bernardo de' Dominici, Italian art historian and painter (born 1683)
* Alberto Pullicino, Maltese painter (born 1719)
* Wang Shishen, Chinese painter (born 1686)
* Kaspar Anton von Baroni-Cavalcabo, Italian painter (born 1682)