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See also: 1801 in art, other events of 1802, 1803 in art, list of years in art. See also: 1800 in art, other events of 1801, 1802 in art, list of years in art. ... --69. ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

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Events

The Journal of the Royal Institution records one of the first experiments in photography.

Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light. ...

Works

Antonio Canova - statue of Napoleon Bonaparte
François Gerard - Madame Récamier

Self-portrait by Canova, 1792. ... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with FranÃ§ois Pascal Simon, Baron GÃ©rard. ...

Births

June 17 - Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt, painter and astronomer
August 26 - Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler, sculptor
December 25 - Richard Parkes Bonington, landscape painter
date unknown - David Octavius Hill, painter and pioneer photographer

June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (June 17, 1802 – April 26, 1866) was a German astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler (August 26, 1802 - November 14, 1848), German sculptor, was born in Munich. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining for the year. ... Richard Parkes Bonington (December 25, 1802 - September 28, 1828) was an English Romantic landscape painter. ... David Octavius Hill (born 1802 in Perth, died 1870) was a respected Scottish painter and arts activist who collaborated with the engineer and photographic pioneer Robert Adamson (born 1821, died 1848) between 1843 and 1847. ...

Deaths

October 16 - Joseph Strutt, engraver and antiquary
November 9 - Thomas Girtin, painter and etcher
November 15 - George Romney, painter
December 5 - Lemuel Francis Abbott, portrait painter
December 17 - Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor

Categories: 1802 | Years in art October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... Joseph Strutt (born 1749 in Essex; died 1802) was an English engraver and antiquary. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... Thomas Girtin (1775 - November 9, 1802), English painter and etcher, was the son of a well-to-do cordage maker in Southwark, London. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Portrait of Miss Willoughby, second half of 18th century. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lemuel Francis Abbot was an English portrait painter, famous for his portrait of Horatio Nelson (currently hanging in the Terracotta Room of number 10 Downing Street) and for those of other naval officers and literary figures of the 18th century. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Johannes Wiedewelt, (July 1, 1731-December 17, 1802), Danish neoclassical sculptor, was born in Copenhagen to royal sculptor to the Danish Court, Just Wiedewelt, and his wife Birgitte Lauridsdatter. ...

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	largely rejected narrative art in the 1950s and 1960s, though it has returned strongly since then, with artists embracing several means of presentation viewed by modernists as theatrical, and therefore inappropriate to the purity of art.
	He chose to depict the moment on July 17, 1816 when the 15 survivors were overcome with despair as the "Argus", the ship that eventually was to rescue them, sailed off.
	A young fl man is alone in a boat on the high seas, unable to sail because the mast of his boat has been lost.

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