1820 in art

1820 in art

List of years in Art

Events

*The Venus de Milo is discovered on the island of Melos (Greek: "Milos").

Works

*John Constable - "Harwich Lighthouse"
*Bertel Thorvaldsen - "The Lion of Lucerne"
*John Trumbull - "Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown"

Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:
* Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:
* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:
* Grand Prix de Rome, music: Aimé Ambroise Simon Leborne.

Births

*February 28 - Sir John Tenniel, illustrator (d. 1914)
*April 6 - Nadar, photographer and caricaturist (d. 1910)
*July 25 - Henry Doulton, potter (d. 1897)
*December - Eugène Fromentin, painter (d. 1876)
* John Frederick Herring, Jr., English sporting and equestrian painter (d. 1897)
* Josef Mánes, painter (d. 1871)
* Sir George Scharf, art critic (d. 1895)

Deaths

*January 29 - George III of the United Kingdom, patron of the arts and collector (b. 1738)
*March 11 - Benjamin West, painter (b. 1738)
* Kitao Shigemasa - Japanese ukiyo-e arist from Edo (b. 1739)
* Gerhard von Kügelgen - German painter of portraits and history paintings (b. 1772)
* Uragami Gyokudo - Japanese musician, painter, poet and calligrapher (b. 1745)
* Okada Beisanjin - Japanese painter (b. 1744)


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