1791 in art

Events

Works

Births

*January 6 - William Bent Berczy, painter and political figure in Upper Canada (d. 1873)
*March 20 - Marie Ellenrieder, German painter (d. 1863)
*September 26 - Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer, pioneer of the Romantic movement (d. 1824)
* Samuel Amsler, Swiss engraver (d. 1849)
* Ōtagaki Rengetsu - Japanese Buddhist nun poet, skilled potter and painter, and expert calligrapher (d. 1875)
* Samuel F. B. Morse - American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system and Morse Code (d. 1872)
* Sylvester Shchedrin - Russian landscape painter (d. 1830)

Deaths

*November 7 - Dorning Rasbotham, English writer and painter (b. 1730)
* Jean-Baptiste Descamps, French painter of village scenes (b. 1714)
* Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor (b. 1716)
* Jean-Claude Richard, French painter and engraver (b. 1727)
* Giuseppe Ghedini - Italian painter and later a university professor of painting (b. 1708)
* Robert Carver - Irish painter especially of theater scenery (b. 1730)
* Kang Sehwang - Korean politician, painter, calligrapher and art critic of the mid Joseon period (b. 1713)
* Giuseppe Antonio Landi - Italian neoclassical architect and painter of quadratura (b. 1713)