- 1761 in art
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Births
*May -
John Opie , historical and portrait painter (died 1807)
*October 11 -Mather Brown , portrait and historical painter (died 1831)
*November 4 -Bertrand Andrieu , French engraver andmedalist (died 1822)
*December 1 -Marie Tussaud , wax modeller of the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (died 1850)
*Joachim Christian Reinhart , German painter and etcher (died 1847)
*Sakai Hōitsu - Japanese painter of theRinpa school (died 1828)
*Robert Fagan - Irish painter,diplomat andarchaeologist (died 1816)
*Léopold Boilly - French painter (died 1845)
* Zhang Yin - Chinese calligrapher and painter ofQing Dynasty (died 1829)Deaths
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April 4 -Theodore Gardelle , painter and enameller (executed) (born 1722)
*August 18 -François Gaspard Adam , Frenchrococo sculptor (born 1710)
*Edward Haytley , English portrait and landscape painter (born 1740)
*August Querfurt , painter (born 1696)
*Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov , painter (b. 1699)
*Francescantonio Coratoli - Italian painter offrescoes (b. 1671)
*Ottone Hamerani - Italianmedallist (b. 1694)
*Johann Georg Platzer -Austria n painter of primarily historical and mythical scenes (b. 1704)
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