1820 in art

Works

Births

• February 18 – Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk, French sculptor (died 1885)
• February 28 – John Tenniel, English illustrator (died 1914)
• April 6 – Nadar, French photographer and caricaturist (died 1910)
• May 12 – Josef Mánes, Czech painter (died 1871)
• July 9 – John Wright Oakes, English landscape painter (died 1887)
• July 25 – Henry Doulton, English potter (died 1897)
• November 23 – Ludwig von Hagn, German painter (died 1898)
• December – Eugène Fromentin, French painter (died 1876)
• December 16 – George Scharf, English art critic and curator (died 1895)
• date unknown – John Frederick Herring, Jr., English sporting and equestrian painter (died 1897)
• Fabio Borbottoni, Italian painter of vedute (died 1902)

Deaths

• January 29 – George III of the United Kingdom, patron of the arts and collector (born 1738)
• March 8 – Kitao Shigemasa, Japanese ukiyo-e artist from Edo (born 1739)
• March 9 – Hermanus Numan, Dutch artist, art theorist, and publisher (born 1744)
• March 11 – Benjamin West, American-born English painter (born 1738)
• March 27 – Gerhard von Kügelgen, German painter of portraits and history paintings (born 1772)
• May 17 – Vincenzo Brenna, Italian painter and house architect of Paul I of Russia (born 1747)
• May 26 – Antonio Longo, Italian priest and painter (born 1742)
• September 15 – Okada Beisanjin, Japanese painter (born 1744)
• October 10 – Uragami Gyokudō, Japanese musician, painter, poet and calligrapher (born 1745)
• date unknown
• Pietro Bonato, Italian painter and engraver (born 1765)
• Jean Simeon Rousseau de la Rottiere, French decorative painter (born 1747)
• Quirinus van Amelsfoort, Dutch allegorical, historical and portrait painter (born 1760)

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