1792 in art

Overview of the events of 1792 in art

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Events from the year 1792 in art.

## Events

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* Ozias Humphry is appointed Portrait Painter in Crayons (i.e., pastels) to King George III of Great Britain.
* François-André Vincent becomes a professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
* Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as the Kungliga Museet ("Royal Museum").

## Works

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Portrait of Arthur Atherley by Thomas Lawrence General George Washington at Trenton, John Trumbull

* Richard Cosway – Portrait miniature of George, Prince of Wales
* Jacques-Louis David – Portrait of Madame Marie-Louise Trudaine
* Samuel Jennings – Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences
* Alexander Kucharsky – Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France
* Thomas Lawrence
* Portrait of Arthur Atherley
* Portrait of the Duke of Portland
* George Stubbs
* A Couple of Foxhounds
* Rhinoceros
* John Trumbull
* Alexander Hamilton
* General George Washington at Trenton
* Utamaro – Famous Beauties of Edo, Ten Learned Studies of Women and Ten Types of Women's Physiognomies (print series begun)

## Births

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* February 19 – Lucie Ingemann, née Mandix, Danish religious painter (died 1868)
* February 24 – István Ferenczy, Hungarian sculptor (died 1856)
* June 16 – John Linnell, English landscape painter (died 1882)[1]
* June 26 – Christian Albrecht Jensen, Danish painter (died 1870)
* August 9
* Alvan Fisher, United States landscape and genre painter (died 1863)
* Charles-François Lebœuf, French sculptor (died 1865)
* August 12 – Hans Harder, Danish painter and drawing master (died 1873)
* August 30 – Alexis Joseph Depaulis, French sculptor and medallist (died 1867)
* September 1 – Chester Harding, American portrait painter (died 1866)
* October 31 – Jean-Baptiste Roman, French sculptor (died 1835)
* December 17 – George Hayter, English portrait painter (died 1871)
* December 20 – Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French designer and painter, especially of military subjects (died 1845)
* date unknown
* Arnoldus Bloemers, Dutch painter of flowers, fruit, and animals (died 1844)[2]
* Peter Andreas Brandt, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1862)
* Carl Georg Enslen, Austrian painter (died 1866)
* Ferdinand Wolfgang Flachenecker, German painter (died 1847)
* James Arthur O'Connor, Irish landscape painter (died 1841)
* James Pollard, British painter and aquatint engraver especially of coach, fox hunting and equine scenes (died 1867)
* Ulla Stenberg, Swedish damask maker (died 1858)
* William Guy Wall, American painter of Irish birth (died 1864)
* Thomas Wyon, English engraver of medals (died 1817)[3]
* 1792/1793: George Mills, British sculptor, engraver and medallist (died 1824)

## Deaths

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* February 1 – Nicolas-Guy Brenet, French historical painter (born 1728)
* February 21 – Jacob Schnebbelie, English illustrator and engraver (born 1760)
* February 23 – Sir Joshua Reynolds, English painter, specializing in portraits (born 1723)[4]
* March 3 – Robert Adam, Scottish-born architect and interior designer (born 1728)[5]
* May 7 – Aert Schouman, Dutch painter, glass engraver and art dealer (born 1710)
* December 4 – Antonio Ponz, Spanish painter (born 1725)[6]
* December 12 – William Hoare, English painter, noted for his pastels (born 1707)
* December 17 – Gottlieb Welté, German etcher and landscape painter (born 1745/1749)
* date unknown
* Francesco Appiani, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome and Perugia (born 1704)
* Manuel de la Cruz, Spanish painter (born 1750)[7]
* Anna Maria Mengs, German portrait painter in pastel and miniature (born 1751)
* Pietro Scalvini, Italian painter (born 1718)
* Katsukawa Shunshō, Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style (born 1726)

## References

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1. ^ P. & D. Colnaghi & Co; John Linnell (1973). A Loan Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours and Paintings by John Linnell and His Circle. Lund Humphries. p. 1787.
2. ^ Peter Mitchell (1973). Great Flower Painters: Four Centuries of Floral Art. Overlook Press. p. 52\. ISBN 978-0-87951-008-4.
3. ^ Samuel Redgrave (1878). A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers and Ornamentists. Bell. p. 494.
4. ^ Joseph Farington (2005). Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Pallas Athene. p. 151\. ISBN 978-1-84368-001-7.
5. ^ Frank N. Magill (13 September 2013). The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4. Routledge. p. 7\. ISBN 978-1-135-92414-0.
6. ^ The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge. Charles Knight. 1840. pp. 397.
7. ^ Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) (1963). Goya and His Times: Royal Academy Winter Exhibition 1963-4. Royal Academy. p. 13.