1632 in art

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Works

Births

* October 31 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (died 1675)
* Jan Wijnants - Dutch painter of the Baroque era (died 1684)
* Wang Hui - Chinese landscape painter, the best known of the Four Wangs (d. 1717)
* Enkū - Japanese Buddhist monk and sculptor during the early Edo period (died 1695)
* Giacomo Alboresi - Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1677)
* Bartolomeo Biscaino - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Genoa (died 1657)
* Adam Frans van der Meulen - Flemish Baroque painter specializing in battle scenes (died 1690)
* Johann Carl Loth - German painter active in Venice (died 1698)
* Giovanni Battista Merano - Italian painter of frescoes, mainly active in his native Genoa (died "unknown")
* Wu Li - Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (died 1718)
* Wang Wu - Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (died 1690)

Deaths

* Jan Porcellis - Dutch marine artist (b. 1583/1585)
* David Vinckboons - Dutch painter of Flemish origin (b. 1576)
* Girolamo Curti - Italian painter of the early-Baroque specializing in quadratura (b. 1576)
* Hendrick van Balen - Flemish painter, who was born and died in Antwerp (b. 1575)
* Abraham Janssens - Flemish painter (b. 1567-1576)
* Carlo Bononi - Italian painter of the School of Ferrara (b. 1569)
* Giovanni Battista Crespi - Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1573)
* Valentin de Boulogne - French painter (b. 1591)
* (d. 1632/1633): Tanzio da Varallo - Italian painter of the late-Mannerist or early Baroque period (b. 1575/1580)