1835 in art

Events from the year 1835 in art.

Events

May 4 – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1835 opens at Somerset House in London.^[1]
June 6 – Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin is received into the Roman Catholic Church.^[2]
June – Caspar David Friedrich suffers his first stroke, which restricts his ability to paint in oils.^[3]
August – H. Fox Talbot exposes the world's first known photographic negatives at Lacock Abbey in England.^[4]
Victor Cousin introduces the expression "L'art pour l'art" ("Art for art's sake").
Marie Tussaud establishes the first permanent Madame Tussauds wax museum in London.
Salon of 1835 in Paris.^{[citation needed]}

Publications

George Field – Chromatography; or, a Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of their Powers in Painting.^[5]

Works

François Bouchot – The Battle of Zurich^[6]
Théodore Chassériau
- Aline Chassériau^[7]
- Self-portrait
William Collins –
- Barmouth Sands^[8]
- The Stray Kitten^[9]
Léon Cogniet – The Egyptian Expedition Under the Command of Bonaparte (ceiling at Musée du Louvre, Paris)
John Constable
- The Valley Farm
- Stonehenge^[10]
Edward William Cooke – Hay Barge off Greenwich
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot – Venise, La Piazetta
Caspar David Friedrich
- The Giant Mountains
- The Stages of Life
Christen Købke
- Frederiksborg Palace in the Evening Light
- One of the Small Towers on Frederiksborg Castle
Daniel Maclise – The Chivalric Vow of the Ladies of the Peacock^[11]
William Mulready – The Toy Seller^[12]
James Arthur O'Connor – The Poachers
John Orlando Parry – The Poster Man
Henry Pether – Twickenham by Moonlight^[13]
Ary Scheffer – Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appraised by Dante and Virgil (original version)
J. M. W. Turner
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller – Wolfgangsee
Horace Vernet – Napoleon at the Battle of Friedland

Births

January 3 – Fanny Cornforth, born Sarah Cox, English artists' model (died 1909)^[15]
March 31 – John La Farge, American painter and stained-glass artist (died 1910)
May 11 – Stefano Bruzzi, Italian painter (died 1911)
June 15 – Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter and poet (died 1868)^[16]
June 23 – Fanny Eaton, Jamaican-born artists' model (died 1924)
July 2 – George Dunlop Leslie, English genre painter (died 1921)
December 9 – Raffaele Belliazzi, Italian sculptor (died 1917)
date unknown – Stanisław Chlebowski, Polish painter especially of oriental themes (died 1884)

Deaths

February 13 – Jean-Baptiste Roman, French sculptor (born 1792)
March 20 – Louis Léopold Robert, Swiss painter (born 1794)
April 1 – Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian illustrator and engraver (born 1771)
April 4 – Friedrich August von Klinkowström, German artist, author and teacher (born 1778)
April 5 – Ivan Martos, Russian-Ukrainian sculptor and art teacher (born 1754)
May 1 – Elkanah Tisdale, American engraver, miniature painter and cartoonist (born 1768)^[17]
May 15 – Pauline Auzou, French painter (born 1775)
June 21 – Jan Rustem, Turkish-born portrait painter (born 1762)
June 25 – Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter (born 1771)
August 20 – Friedrich Rehberg, German portrait and historical painter (born 1758)
October 23 – Thomas Heaphy, English watercolour and portrait painter (born 1775)
November 3 – Giacomo Guardi, Italian veduta painter (born 1764)
November 17 – Carle Vernet, French painter (born 1758)
December 1 – Charles Hayter, English painter (born 1761)
December 2 – James Fittler, English engraver (born 1758)

References

^ "1835 A Collector Makes His Rounds". 1835 A Collector Makes His Rounds. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
^ "Parliament's Pugin Plaque in Salisbury". Clifton Diocese. July 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
^ Schmied, Wieland (1995). Caspar David Friedrich. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 44. ISBN 0-8109-3327-6.
^ Robertson, Patrick (1974). The Shell Book of Firsts. London: Ebury Press. pp. 127–8. ISBN 0-7181-1279-2.
^ George Field (1841). Chromatography; Or, A Treatise on Colours and Pigments: And of Their Powers in Painting. Tilt and Bogue.
^ "Bataille de Zurich. 25 septembre 1799". Ministere de la Culture. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
^ Stéphane Guégan (2002). Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856): The Unknown Romantic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 69. ISBN 1-58839-067-5
^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/barmouth-sands-51053
^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-stray-kitten-30837
^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74470/stonehenge-watercolour-constable-john-ra/
^ Peter Murray (2008). Daniel Maclise, 1806-1870: Romancing the Past. University of Michigan. p. 52.
^ "The Toy Seller". Art UK. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
^ "Twickenham, Middlesex, by Moonlight". Art UK. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
^ Warrell, Ian (2007). J.M.W. Turner. Tate Publishing. p. 183.
^ Whittick, Christopher (September 23, 2004). "Cornforth [other married names Hughes, Schott], Fanny [née Sarah Cox] (1835–1909), artists' model and intimate companion of Dante Gabriel Rossetti". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58350. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
^ Pamela Lynn Palmer. "The Life and Legacy of Adah Isaacs Menken: Actress and Poet". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
^ Connecticut Historical Society (1984). Bulletin - Connecticut Historical Society. Connecticut Historical Society. p. 92.

[1] "1835 A Collector Makes His Rounds". 1835 A Collector Makes His Rounds. Retrieved September 26, 2025.

[2] "Parliament's Pugin Plaque in Salisbury". Clifton Diocese. July 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[3] Schmied, Wieland (1995). Caspar David Friedrich. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 44. ISBN 0-8109-3327-6.

[4] Robertson, Patrick (1974). The Shell Book of Firsts. London: Ebury Press. pp. 127–8. ISBN 0-7181-1279-2.

[5] George Field (1841). Chromatography; Or, A Treatise on Colours and Pigments: And of Their Powers in Painting. Tilt and Bogue.

[6] "Bataille de Zurich. 25 septembre 1799". Ministere de la Culture. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[7] Stéphane Guégan (2002). Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856): The Unknown Romantic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 69. ISBN 1-58839-067-5

[8] ttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/barmouth-sands-51053

[9] ttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-stray-kitten-30837

[10] ttps://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74470/stonehenge-watercolour-constable-john-ra/

[11] Peter Murray (2008). Daniel Maclise, 1806-1870: Romancing the Past. University of Michigan. p. 52.

[12] "The Toy Seller". Art UK. Retrieved February 28, 2026.

[13] "Twickenham, Middlesex, by Moonlight". Art UK. Retrieved February 28, 2026.

[14] Warrell, Ian (2007). J.M.W. Turner. Tate Publishing. p. 183.

[15] Whittick, Christopher (September 23, 2004). "Cornforth [other married names Hughes, Schott], Fanny [née Sarah Cox] (1835–1909), artists' model and intimate companion of Dante Gabriel Rossetti". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58350. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

[16] Pamela Lynn Palmer. "The Life and Legacy of Adah Isaacs Menken: Actress and Poet". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved February 28, 2026.

[17] Connecticut Historical Society (1984). Bulletin - Connecticut Historical Society. Connecticut Historical Society. p. 92.

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