Events from the year 1779 in art.
Events
Paintings
Births
- January 3 â Gustav Philipp Zwinger, German painter (died 1819)
- February 20 â Augustus Wall Callcott, English landscape painter (died 1844)
- March 21 â VojtÃÂch Benedikt Juhn, Czech painter and engraver (died 1843)
- April 19 - Anson Dickinson, American painter of miniature portraits (died 1852)
- May 27 â Juan Antonio Ribera, Spanish Neoclassicism painter (died 1860)
- July 8 â Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851)
- July 26 â Erik Gustaf Göthe, Swedish sculptor (died 1838)
- August 24 â Charles Norris, English topographical etcher and writer known for his landscape work of the Welsh countryside (died 1858)
- November 4 â Jan Willem Pieneman, Dutch historical painter (died 1853)
- November 5 â Washington Allston, American painter, the "American Titian" (died 1843)
- November 6 â Henry Pierce Bone, English enamel painter (died 1855)
- December 9 â Moritz Retzsch, German painter and etcher (died 1857)
- date unknown
- Paolo Caronni, Italian engraver (died 1842)
- Guillaume Descamps, French painter and engraver (died 1858)
- Vasily Demut-Malinovsky, Russian sculptor in the Empire style (died 1846)
Deaths
References