1812 in art

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Events

• The Elgin Marbles arrive in the UK from Greece.

Awards

• Prix de Rome (for sculpture) – François Rude

Works

• Théodore Géricault – The Charging Chasseur
• Francisco Goya – Portrait of the Duke of Wellington
• John Martin – Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion

Births

• March 1 – Augustus Pugin, architect, illustrator, and designer (d. 1852)
• April 15 – Théodore Rousseau, landscape painter (d. 1867)
• May 12 – Edward Lear, painter, illustrator and humorous writer (d. 1888)
• June 30 – Josabeth Sjöberg, painter and music teacher (d. 1882)

Deaths

• March 2 – John Raphael Smith, painter and engraver (b. 1752)
• March 11 – Philip James de Loutherbourg, Englishminiature painter (b. 1740)
• March 18 – Johann Ziegler – Austrian painter of landscapes and city scenes (b. 1749)
• June 16 – Franz Pforr, painter (b. 1788)
• August 2 – Edward Smyth, Irish sculptor (b. 1749)
• August 23 – Tethart Philipp Christian Haag – German-born Dutch portrait artist (b. 1737)
• date unknown
  • Robert Cromek, engraver and art dealer (b. 1770)
  • John Eyre, Australian painter and engraver (b. 1771)
  • Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, painter (Leipziger Tischbein) (b. unknown)