- 1820 in art
List of years in Art Events
*The
Venus de Milo is discovered on the island ofMelos (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 -Japan eseukiyo-e arist fromEdo (b. 1739)
*Gerhard von Kügelgen - German painter ofportrait s andhistory painting s (b. 1772)
*Uragami Gyokudo -Japan esemusician , painter,poet andcalligrapher (b. 1745)
*Okada Beisanjin - Japanese painter (b. 1744)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.