See also: 1772 in art, other events of 1773, 1774 in art, list of years in art. See also: 1771 in art, other events of 1773, 1773 in art, list of years in art. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

Events

• Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun becomes a member of the Académie.

Self Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782 Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-LeBrun (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842) was a French painter, the most famous woman painter of the 18th century. ...

Works

• Richard Wilson - Pembroke Town and Castle

Richard Wilson (August 1, 1714 - May, 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. ...

Births

• September 5 - Caspar David Friedrich, Romantic painter
• date unknown - David Laing, architect

September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... Self-portrait in chalk, 1810 by fellow artist Georg Friedrich Kersting, 1812 Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840) was a 19th century German romantic painter, considered by many critics to be one of the finest exemplars of the movement. ... David Laing (1774 - 1856) is principally known as the architect of the New Custom House in London, which was completed in 1817 and collapsed in 1825. ...

Deaths

• January 9 - Jacques-François Blondel, architect
• April 23 - Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter