1759 in art

none 1759 art Events from the year 1759 in art. Events 25 August – The Salon of 1759 opens at the Louvre in ParisBaetjer, Katharine. French Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Early Eighteenth Century through the Revolution. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019. p.29 Thomas Gainsborough and his family move to Bath, England. Works thumb|right|300px|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 https://web.archive.org/web/20210227054849/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/kitty-fisher-as-cleopatra-dissolving-the-pearl-191817 2021-02-27 Samuel Scott – A View of Alexander Pope's Villa, Twickenham John Shackleton – George II (British Museum, London) Births 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 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) References Category:Years of the 18th century in art Category:1750s in art