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Overview of the events of 1779 in art
Overview of the events of 1779 in art
Events from the year 1779 in art.
Events
Paintings
Charles Willson Peale, George Washington, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Births
- January 3 – Gustav Philipp Zwinger, German painter (died 1819)
- February 20 – Augustus Wall Callcott, English landscape painter (died 1844)
- March 21 – Vojtěch Benedikt Juhn, Czech painter and engraver (died 1843)
- April 19 - Anson Dickinson, American painter of miniature portraits (died 1852)
- May 27 – Juan Antonio Ribera, Spanish Neoclassicism painter (died 1860)
- July 8 – Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851)
- July 26 – Erik Gustaf Göthe, Swedish sculptor (died 1838)
- August 24 – Charles Norris, English topographical etcher and writer known for his landscape work of the Welsh countryside (died 1858)
- November 4 – Jan Willem Pieneman, Dutch historical painter (died 1853)
- November 5 – Washington Allston, American painter, the "American Titian" (died 1843)
- November 6 – Henry Pierce Bone, English enamel painter (died 1855)
- December 9 – Moritz Retzsch, German painter and etcher (died 1857)
- date unknown
Deaths
