Events in the year 1818 in Art.
Events 4 May – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1818 opens at Somerset House in London. 29 September – Commissioned by the Prince Regent, Sir Thomas Lawrence travels to Aachen to paint portraits of those present at the third congress.
Works
Jean Alaux – The Studio of Ingres in Romehttps://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/00000055158 William Beechey – Portrait of Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge René Théodore Berthon – Portrait of Lady Morgan Augustus Wall Callcott – The Mouth of the Tyne John Constable – Willy Lott's House from the Stour Charles de Steuben – Napoleon's Return from Elba William Etty – Manlius Hurled From The Rock Caspar David Friedrich Chalk Cliffs on Rügen Seaside by Moonlight Wanderer above the Sea of Fog Théodore Géricault – Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct Antoine-Jean Gros – The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac Henry Howard – The Apotheosis of Princess Charlotte Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres The Death of Leonardo da Vinci Philip V of Spain Investing Marshal Berwick with the Golden Fleece Thomas Lawrence Portrait of Alexander I of Russiahttps://www.rct.uk/collection/404942/alexander-i-emperor-of-russia-1777-1825 Portrait of Count Nesselrodehttps://www.rct.uk/collection/404945/karlnbsprobert-count-nesselrode-1780-1862 Portrait of the Duke of Richelieu Portrait of Frances Vanehttps://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1542306 Portrait of Frederick William III of Prussiahttps://www.rct.uk/collection/404944/frederick-william-iii-king-of-prussia-1770-1840 Portrait of Karl von Hardenberghttps://www.rct.uk/collection/404941/charles-augustus-prince-hardenberg-1750-1822 Jan Willem Pieneman – The Prince of Orange at Quatre BrasReynolds, Luke. Who Owned Waterloo?: Battle, Memory, and Myth in British History, 1815–1852. Oxford University Press, 2022. p.167 Thomas Phillips – Portrait of Francis Leggatt Chantrey Rolinda Sharples – The Cloakroom, Clifton Assembly Roomshttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-cloak-room-clifton-assembly-rooms-189077 Thomas Sully – Major John Biddle William Turner – The Field of Waterloo David Wilkie The Errand BoyTromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007. p.93-84 The Penny Wedding
Births January 21 – Alexander Joseph Daiwaille, Dutch portrait painter (died 1888) January 26 – Amédée de Noé, French caricaturist and lithographer (died 1879) January 28 – Alfred Stevens, English sculptor (died 1875) April 3 – Jean-François Portaels, Flemish orientalist painter (died 1895) April 14 – Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, French-born British Pre-Raphaelite watercolorist (died 1891) May 24 – John Henry Foley, Irish sculptor (died 1874) June 13 – Jean-Jules Allasseur, French sculptor (died 1903) June 21 – Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet, born Richard Johnson, English francophile art collector and philanthropist (died 1890) December 7 – Georg Decker, Austro-Hungarian portrait painter (died 1894) probable – Alexander Hunter Murray, Scottish-born Canadian fur trader and artist (died 1874)
Deaths January 5 – Marcello Bacciarelli, Italian painter (born 1731) February 28 – Anne Vallayer-Coster, French painter (born 1744) March 7 – Samuel Cotes, English painter of miniature portraits also working in crayons (born 1734) March 15 – Karl Postl, Austrian painter (born 1769) March 24 – Humphry Repton, English garden designer and artist (born 1752) April – George Bullock, English sculptor (born 1777) August 16 – Carl Frederik von Breda, Swedish painter to the Swedish court (born 1759) October 4 – Josef Abel, Austrian historical painter and etcher (born 1768) November 1 – Marie-Gabrielle Capet, French painter (born 1761) November 5 – Heinrich Füger, German portrait and historical painter (born 1751) November 19 – Shiba Kōkan, Japanese painter and printmaker (born 1747) December 10 – Hubert Maurer, Austrian painter of portraits and religious themes (born 1738) date unknown – Francesco Antonio Franzoni, Italian sculptor (born 1734)
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