1768 in art
Overview of the events of 1768 in art
Events from the year 1768 in art.
Events
Works
Joseph Wright, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768, National Gallery, London
Births
- March 2 – Benjamin Duterrau, English painter, etcher, engraver, sculptor and art lecturer (died 1851)
- March 10 – Domingos Sequeira, Portuguese painter (died 1837)
- March 19 – François Joseph Bosio, French sculptor (died 1845)
- April 18 – Jean-Baptiste Debret, French painter of lithographs depicting the people of Brazil (died 1848)
- May 5 – Ezra Ames, American portrait painter (died 1836)
- June 29 – Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (died 1831)
- July 10 – Hendrik Voogd, Dutch painter and printmaker, who was active in Italy (died 1839)
- July 27 – Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter of the German Romantic movement (died 1839)
- August 22 – Josef Abel, historical painter and etcher (died 1818)
- December 18 – Marie-Guillemine Benoist, French neoclassical, historical and genre painter (died 1826)
- December 22 – John Crome, English artist in the Romantic era (died 1821)
- date unknown
Deaths
- January 26 – Tibout Regters, Dutch portrait painter (born 1710)
- April 10 – Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto, Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice (born 1697)
- April 14 – Francesco Monti, Italian fresco painter (born 1683)
- April 24 – Johann Valentin Tischbein, German theatre painter (born 1715)
- April 29 – Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor (born 1698)
- June 11 – Stefano Pozzi, Italian painter, designer, draughtsman and decorator (died 1699/1707)
- August 18 – Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, Italian Rococo painter from Florence (born 1692)
- August 24 – Isaac Basire, English engraver and head of family of engravers (born 1704)
- November 5 – Giorgio Duranti, Italian painter of still lifes (born 1683)
- December 8 – Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (born 1702)
- date unknown
References
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