See also 1787 in art, other events of 1788, 1789 in art, List of years in art See also: 1786 in art, other events of 1787, 1788 in art, list of years in art. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

Events

• Étienne Maurice Falconet becomes director of the Académie des beaux-arts.

Falconets awesome statue of Peter I has become one of the symbols of St Petersburg Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791), is counted among the first rank of French Rococo sculptors, patronized by Mme de Pompadour. ... The Académie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts) is a French learned society. ...

Works

Births

• December 30 - Edouard Pingret, painter and lithographer (d. 1875)

December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ...

Deaths

• July 15 - Jean Germain Drouais, painter (b. 1788)
• August 2 - Thomas Gainsborough, portrait painter (b. 1788)
• date unknown - Francesco Zuccarelli, painter (b. 1788)