See also: 1795 in art, other events of 1796, 1797 in art, List of years in art See also: 1794 in art, other events of 1795, 1796 in art, list of years in art. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

Events

Works

Births

• February 3 - Jean Baptiste Madou, painter and lithographer (d. 1877)
• July 2 - Michael Thonet, furniture designer (d. 1871)
• August 21 - Asher Brown Durand, painter of the Hudson River School (d. 1886)
• October 24 - David Roberts, painter (d. 1864)

February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jean Baptiste Madou (February 3, 1796-March 31, 1877), Belgian painter and lithographer, was born at Brussels. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Michael Thonet was born on 2 July 1796 in Bopard-am-Rhein, Prussia (present day Germany). ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Asher Brown Durand, circa 1869. ... Thomas Coles View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow) 1836 The Hudson River school was a mid-1800 American group of landscape painters whose approach was related to romanticism. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... David Roberts (October 24, 1796 - November 25, 1864), Scottish painter, was born at Stockbridge, Edinburgh. ...

Deaths

• February 17 - William Chambers, architect and designer (b. 1723)
• August 6 - David Allan, painter of historical subjects (b. 1744)
• date unknown - John Frederick Miller, illustrator (b. 1759)