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1838 in art
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Events from the year
1838 in art
.
Events
April 8
– The British
National Gallery
first opens to the public in the building purpose-designed for it by
William Wilkins
in
Trafalgar Square
,
London
.
May 7
– The
Royal Academy Exhibition of 1838
opens at the National Gallery in London
August 31
–
Scottish
-born scene painter
David Roberts
sets sail for
Egypt
, with the encouragement of
J. M. W. Turner
, to produce a series of drawings of the region for use as the basis for paintings and
chromolithographs
.
Works
See also:
Category:1838 sculptures
The Capture of Constantine
by
Horace Vernet
.
The First Council of Queen Victoria
by
David Wilkie
.
The Battle of Aspern-Essling
by
Johann Peter Krafft
Théodore Chassériau
–
Venus Anadyomene
Asher B. Durand
–
Dance on the Battery in the Presence of Peter Stuyvesant
Eugène Delacroix
Cleopatra and the Peasant
Convulsionists of Tangiers
(completed)
[
1
]
Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand
(unfinished; later separated)
The Death of Ophelia
Nicolas Gosse
–
The Congress of Erfurt
George Hayter
–
Queen Victoria Enthroned in the House of Lords
Johann Peter Krafft
–
The Battle of Aspern-Essling
John Linnell
–
Portrait of Sir Robert Peel
Louis Meijer
–
Self-portrait
Thomas Sully
–
Portrait of Queen Victoria
J.M.W. Turner
–
Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish
Horace Vernet
The Capture of Constantine
Napoleon at the Tuileries
David Wilkie
The Bride at her Toilet
The First Council of Queen Victoria
William Wyon
– young profile head of
Queen Victoria
on
coins of the pound sterling
Births
March 14
–
Hermann Kern
, painter (died
1912
)
March 28
–
Jean-Paul Laurens
, painter and sculptor (died
1921
)
May 15
–
Nicolae Grigorescu
, painter (died
1907
)
June 11
–
Mariano Fortuny
, painter (died
1874
)
June 24
–
Jan Matejko
, painter (died
1893
)
September 18
–
Anton Mauve
, painter (died
1888
)
November 18
–
William Keith
, painter (died
1911
)
November 28
–
Alexander Opekushin
, sculptor (died
1923
)
December 9
–
Gerard Bilders
, painter (died
1865
)
December 25
–
Raffaello Sernesi
, painter and medallist (died
1866
)
December 31
–
Jules Dalou
, sculptor (died
1902
)
Deaths
January 5
–
Maria Cosway
, Italian-English painter, engraver, composer, musician, and society hostess (born
1760
)
January 8
–
Josef Grassi
,
Austrian
painter especially of portraits (born
1757
)
February 28
–
Charles Thévenin
, neoclassical French painter, known for heroic scenes (born
1764
)
March 2
–
Benjamin Barker
, landscape painter (born
1776
)
March 29
–
Carlo Lasinio
, Italian engraver (born
1759
)
May 10
–
José Aparicio
,
Spanish
painter of the
Neoclassic
period (born
1773
)
June 4
–
Claude Ramey
, sculptor (born
1754
)
August 5
–
Anton Schimser
, Polish sculptor of Austrian origin (born
1790
)
September 5
–
Charles Percier
, architect and designer (born
1764
)
November 9
–
Friedrich Carl Gröger
, north-German portrait painter and lithographer (born
1766
)
November 29
–
Erik Gustaf Göthe
, Swedish sculptor (born
1779
)
date unknown
–
John O'Keeffe
,
Irish
portrait and figure painter (born
1797
)
References
↑
Convulsionists of Tangier, Eugène Delacroix | Mia
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