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Overview of the events of 1840 in art
Overview of the events of 1840 in art
Events from the year 1840 in art.
Events
Works
Awards
Births
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February 7 –
Ida Göthilda Nilsson,
Swedish sculptor (died 1920)
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April 22 –
Odilon Redon,
French painter and graphic artist (died
1916)
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April 28 –
Caroline Shawk Brooks, American sculptor (died
1913)
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May 2 –
Philippe Solari,
Provençal
sculptor (died
1906)
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May 28 –
Hans Makart,
Austrian painter and designer (died
1884)
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July 8 –
Heinrich von Angeli, Austrian society portrait painter (died
1925)
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August 14 –
Briton Rivière,
English painter (died
1920)
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September 27 –
Thomas Nast,
German American cartoonist (died
1902)
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November 12 –
Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (died
1917)
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November 14 –
Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter (died
1926)
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December 1 –
Marie Bracquemond, née Quivoron, French Impressionist painter (died
1916)
- probable –
Timothy H. O'Sullivan,
Irish American photographer of the American Civil War (died
1882)
Deaths
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January 16 –
František Tkadlík, Czech painter (born
1786)
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February 9 –
Luke Clennell, English engraver and painter (born
1781)
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February 27 –
Henry Wyatt, English portrait painter (born
1794)
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March 19 –
Thomas Daniell, landscape painter (born
1749)
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March 30 –
Beau Brummell, leader of fashion (born
1778)
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April 7 –
William Heath, English satirical engraver (born
1794)
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April 10 –
Alexander Nasmyth, painter (born
1758)
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May 5 –
Robert Trewick Bone English painter of sacred, classical and genre scenes (born
1790)
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May 7 –
Caspar David Friedrich, painter (born
1774)
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May 11 –
Eduard Joseph d'Alton, German engraver and naturalist (born
1772)
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June 20 –
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, flower painter (born
1759)
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July 6 –
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, German painter and printmaker (born
1763)
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July 23 –
Carl Blechen,
German painter, specializing in
fantastic
landscapes with
demons and
grotesque figures (born
1798)
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August 30 -
Jonas Damelis, Lithuanian
neoclassicist painter (born
1780)
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October 28 –
Reverend John Thomson,
minister of
Duddingston Kirk near
Edinburgh, and landscape painter (born
1778)
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November 7 –
Pierre Petitot, French sculptor (born
1760)
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December 11 –
Franz Bauer, Austrian microscopist and botanical artist (born
1758)
- date unknown
References
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^ Hill, H. W. (1940). The Fight for the Penny Post. London: Warne. pp. 75–79.
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^
"Icons, a portrait of England 1840–1860". Archived from
the original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
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^ Blake, Richard. The Book of Postal Dates, 1635–1985. Caterham: Marden. p. 10.
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^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-141-02715-0.
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^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 263–264.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2.
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^
https://www.felicecalchi.com/smugglerius/?lang=en
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^
"Claude Monet | Biography, Art, Water Lilies, Haystacks, Impression: Sunrise, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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^ Oxford University Press (June 21, 2012).
Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. OUP USA. p. 536.
ISBN
978-0-19-992305-2.