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Events in the year 1821 in Art.

Events

• 7 May – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1821 opens at Somerset House in London with John Constable's The Hay Wain amongst the works on display
• At the age of eleven, Théodore Chassériau is accepted into the studio of Ingres.
• John Martin's paintings Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon and Belshazzar's Feast are purchased by his former employer William Collins and begin to tour. ^[1]
• Birmingham Society of Artists established in England.

Works

The Hay Wain by John Constable.

Coronation portrait of George IV by Thomas Lawrence.

Victoria, Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria by William Beechey.

• Edward Hodges Baily – Eve at the Fountain
• Lorenzo Bartolini – The Campbell Sisters Dancing a Waltz (marble) ^[2]
• William Beechey – Victoria, Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria
• John Constable
  • The Hay Wain
  • Harnham Gate, Salisbury
  • Malvern Hall
  • Trees at Hampstead
• Francis Danby – Disappointed Love
• Jacques-Louis David – The Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte
• Charles Deane – Waterloo Bridge and the Lambeth Waterfront from Westminster Stairs
• Charles Lock Eastlake
  • The Erechtheum, Athens
  • A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome ^[3]
• William Etty – The Triumph of Cleopatra
• Théodore Géricault – The 1821 Derby at Epsom
• John Jackson – William Macready as Henry IV
• George Jones – The Village of Waterloo
• Charles Bird King – Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees
• Charles-Nicolas Lafond – The Duchess of Berry Presenting the Duke of Bordeaux
• Thomas Lawrence
  • Portrait of George IV
  • Portrait of Mikhail Vorontsov
  • Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy
• Bertel Thorvaldsen – Lion Monument , Lucerne
• John Trumbull – Surrender of General Burgoyne
• William Turner – George IV Entering Dublin
• Horace Vernet
  • The Artist's Studio
  • The Battle of Jemappes
  • Napoleon's Tomb
  • Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr
• David Wilkie – Newsmongers

Births

• January 27 – August Becker, German landscape painter (died 1887)
• February 10 - Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter (died 1908)
• February 26 – Félix Ziem, French painter (died 1911)
• March 9 – Napoleon Sarony, Canadian American portrait photographer (died 1896)
• April 16 – Ford Madox Brown, English painter (died 1893)
• April 21 – Philip Henry Delamotte, English pioneer photographer (died 1889)
• April 26 – Robert Adamson, Scottish pioneer photographer (died 1848)
• June 18 – Théophile Schuler, French painter and illustrator (died 1878)
• August 4 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer (died 1892)
• August 28 – Thomas Seddon, English-born landscape painter (died 1856)
• September 9 – James Smetham, English painter (died 1889) ^[4]
• October 13 – Évariste Vital Luminais, French historical painter (died 1896)
• November 23 – Charles Meryon, French etcher (died 1868)
• Robert S. Duncanson, African American landscape painter (died 1872)
• date unknown – Mario Raggi, Italian sculptor (died 1907)

Deaths

• February 12 – Albertus Jonas Brandt, Dutch still-life painter (born 1788)
• February 24 – Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor (born 1748)
• March 9 – Nicholas Pocock, English marine painter (born 1740) ^[5]
• April 18 – Thomas Baxter, English porcelain painter (born 1782)
• April 22 – John Crome, English artist in the Romantic era (born 1768)
• May 27 – Charles Alfred Stothard, English historical draughtsman (born 1786)
• July 4 – Richard Cosway, English portrait painter (born 1742)
• August 19 – Marie-Denise Villers, French painter specializing in portraits (born 1774) ^[6]
• August 21 – Adam Bartsch, Austrian scholar, artist, and printmaker in engraving and etching (born 1757)
• September 10 – Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter and art historian (born 1748)
• date unknown
  • Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, Italian engraver, art dealer, and merchant (born 1757) ^[7]
  • Yi In-mun, Korean court painter of the late Joseon Dynasty, primarily of landscapes (born 1745)
• probable – Luigi Agricola, Italian painter and jeweller (born c. 1750) ^[8]

References

1. John Martin; William Feaver. John Martin, 1789-1854: Loan Exhibition [of] Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints [held] 30th October-21st November 1975 [at] Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox. Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox975. p. 26.
2. "The Campbell Sisters Dancing a Waltz". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
3. "A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome - YCBA Collections Search". collections.britishart.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
4. Susan P. Casteras (1995). James Smetham: artist, author, pre-Raphaelite associate. Scolar Press. p. 8. ISBN   9781859281031.
5. David Cordingly (1986). Nicholas Pocock, 1740-1821. Conway Maritime Press. p. 8. ISBN   9780851773773.
6. Gazette des beaux-arts. J. Claye. 1999. p. 81.
7. Baker-Beadon (1885). Dictionary Of National Biography. p. 339.
8. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1842). The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 480.