1838 in art

none 1838 art Events from the year 1838 in art. Events March 1 – The Salon of 1838 opens at the Louvre in Parishttps://salons.musee-orsay.fr/Detail/occurrences/188 April 8 – The British National Gallery first opens to the public in the building purpose-designed for it by William Wilkins in Trafalgar Square, London. May 7 – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1838 opens at the National Gallery in London August 31 – Scottish-born scene painter David Roberts sets sail for Egypt, with the encouragement of J. M. W. Turner, to produce a series of drawings of the region for use as the basis for paintings and chromolithographs. Works Category:1838 sculptures thumb|The Siege of Constantine by Horace Vernet. thumb|The First Council of Queen Victoria by David Wilkie. thumb|The Battle of Aspern-Essling by Johann Peter Krafft Théodore Chassériau – Venus Anadyomene Edward William Cooke – Mont Saint Michel, Normandy Joseph-Désiré Court – Portrait of Sylvain Charles Valéehttps://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004851 Asher B. Durand – Dance on the Battery in the Presence of Peter Stuyvesant Eugène Delacroix Cleopatra and the Peasant Convulsionists of Tangiers (completed)Convulsionists of Tangier, Eugène Delacroix | Mia Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand (unfinished; later separated) The Death of Ophelia William Powell Frith – Self-Portraithttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/william-powell-frith-155645 Nicolas Gosse – The Congress of Erfurt Solomon Hart – An Early Reading of Shakespearehttps://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/an-early-reading-of-shakespeare George Hayter – Queen Victoria Enthroned in the House of Lords Johann Peter Krafft – The Battle of Aspern-Essling John Linnell – Portrait of Sir Robert Peel Daniel Maclise – Merry Christmas in the Baron's Hall Louis Meijer – Self-portrait Giuseppe Molteni – The Confessionhttps://gallerieditalia.com/it/musei-online/opere/la_confessione-18920/ David Roberts – Chapel of Ferdinand and Isabella, Granada Thomas Sully – Portrait of Queen Victoria Clarkson Stanfield – Sands near Boulognehttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sands-near-boulogne-32532 J.M.W. Turner Ancient Italy – Ovid Banished from RomeConcannon, Amy (ed.) Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals.Tate Publishing, 2025. p.203 Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish Phryne Going to the Public Baths as Venus Horace Vernet The Siege of Constantine Napoleon at the Tuileries David Wilkie The Bride at her Toilet Portrait of Daniel O'Connellhttps://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/details/11918 The First Council of Queen Victoria William Wyon – young profile head of Queen Victoria on coins of the pound sterling Births March 14 – Hermann Kern, painter (died 1912) March 28 – Jean-Paul Laurens, painter and sculptor (died 1921) May 15 – Nicolae Grigorescu, painter (died 1907) June 11 – Mariano Fortuny, painter (died 1874) June 24 – Jan Matejko, painter (died 1893) September 18 – Anton Mauve, painter (died 1888) November 18 – William Keith, painter (died 1911) November 28 – Alexander Opekushin, sculptor (died 1923) December 9 – Gerard Bilders, painter (died 1865) December 25 – Raffaello Sernesi, painter and medallist (died 1866) December 31 – Jules Dalou, sculptor (died 1902) Deaths January 5 – Maria Cosway, Italian-English painter, engraver, composer, musician, and society hostess (born 1760) January 8 – Josef Grassi, Austrian painter especially of portraits (born 1757) February 28 – Charles Thévenin, neoclassical French painter, known for heroic scenes (born 1764) March 2 – Benjamin Barker, landscape painter (born 1776) March 29 – Carlo Lasinio, Italian engraver (born 1759) May 10 – José Aparicio, Spanish painter of the Neoclassic period (born 1773) June 4 – Claude Ramey, sculptor (born 1754) August 5 – Anton Schimser, Polish sculptor of Austrian origin (born 1790) September 5 – Charles Percier, architect and designer (born 1764) November 9 – Friedrich Carl Gröger, north-German portrait painter and lithographer (born 1766) November 29 – Erik Gustaf Göthe, Swedish sculptor (born 1779) date unknown – John O'Keeffe, Irish portrait and figure painter (born 1797) References Category:Years of the 19th century in art Category:1830s in art