Overview of the events of 1792 in art
Events from the year 1792 in art .
Events
Works
Portrait of Arthur Atherley by Thomas Lawrence
General George Washington at Trenton John Trumbull [ 3]
Births
February 19 – Lucie Ingemann , née Mandix, Danish religious painter (died 1868 )[ 5]
February 24 – István Ferenczy , Hungarian sculptor (died 1856 )
June 14 – Peter Andreas Brandt , Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1862 )[ 6]
June 16 – John Linnell , English landscape painter (died 1882 )[ 7]
June 26 – Christian Albrecht Jensen , Danish painter (died 1870 )
August 9
August 12 – Hans Harder , Danish painter and drawing master (died 1873 )
August 30 – Alexis Joseph Depaulis , French sculptor and medallist (died 1867 )
September 1 – Chester Harding , American portrait painter (died 1866 )
October 31 – Jean-Baptiste Roman , French sculptor (died 1835 )
December 17 – George Hayter , English portrait painter (died 1871 )
December 20 – Nicolas Toussaint Charlet , French designer and painter, especially of military subjects (died 1845 )
date unknown
Arnoldus Bloemers , Dutch painter of flowers, fruit, and animals (died 1844 )[ 8]
Carl Georg Enslen , Austrian painter (died 1866 )
Ferdinand Wolfgang Flachenecker , German painter (died 1847 )
James Arthur O'Connor , Irish landscape painter (died 1841 )
James Pollard , British painter and aquatint engraver especially of coach , fox hunting and equine scenes (died 1867 )
Ulla Stenberg , Swedish damask maker (died 1858 )
William Guy Wall , American painter of Irish birth (died 1864 )
Thomas Wyon , English engraver of medals (died 1817 )[ 9]
1792/1793: George Mills , British sculptor, engraver and medallist (died 1824 )
Deaths
February 1 – Nicolas-Guy Brenet , French historical painter (born 1728 )
February 21 – Jacob Schnebbelie , English illustrator and engraver (born 1760 )[ 10]
February 23 – Sir Joshua Reynolds , English painter, specializing in portraits (born 1723 )[ 11]
March 3 – Robert Adam , Scottish-born architect and interior designer (born 1728 )[ 12]
May 7 – Aert Schouman , Dutch painter, glass engraver and art dealer (born 1710 )
October 29 – Anna Maria Mengs , German portrait painter in pastel and miniature (born 1751 )[citation needed ]
December 4 – Antonio Ponz , Spanish painter (born 1725 )[ 13]
December 12 – William Hoare , English painter, noted for his pastels (born 1707 )
December 17 – Gottlieb Welté , German etcher and landscape painter (born 1745/1749 )
date unknown
References
^ Claiming the Stones/naming the Bones: Cultural Property and the Negotiation of National and Ethnic Identity . Getty Research Institute. 2002. p. 65. ISBN 9780892366736 .
^ Nationalmuseum Stockholm . Scala Books. 1995. p. 10. ISBN 9781857590487 .
^ Cooper, Helen A. (2008). "General George Washington at Trenton ". Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery . New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery . pp. 116– 117. ISBN 978-0-300-12289-3 .
^ Tom Gurney. "Portrait of Madame Marie-Louise Trudaine" . History of Art . Retrieved 23 January 2025 .
^ Westergaard, Hanne. "Lucie Ingemann" (in German). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 6 July 2025 .
^ "Peter Andreas Brandt" . Store Norske Leksikon . Retrieved 6 July 2025 .
^ P. & D. Colnaghi & Co; John Linnell (1973). A Loan Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours and Paintings by John Linnell and His Circle . Lund Humphries. p. 1787.
^ Peter Mitchell (1973). Great Flower Painters: Four Centuries of Floral Art . Overlook Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-87951-008-4 .
^ Samuel Redgrave (1878). A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers and Ornamentists . Bell. p. 494.
^ "Schnebbelie, Jacob" . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Joseph Farington (2005). Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds . Pallas Athene. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-84368-001-7 .
^ Frank N. Magill (13 September 2013). The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4 . Routledge. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-135-92414-0 .
^ The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge . Charles Knight. 1840. pp. 397 .
^ Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) (1963). Goya and His Times: Royal Academy Winter Exhibition 1963-4 . Royal Academy. p. 13.
^ The Medal . British Art Medal Society. 2001. p. 27.