1806 in art

Events

18 January – The British Institution opens the former Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall, London, as the "British Gallery",^[1] alternating the world's first regular temporary exhibitions of Old Master paintings with sale exhibitions of the work of living artists.
5 May – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1806 opens at Somerset House in London

Births

10 January – Louis Joseph César Ducornet, French painter (used his feet) (died 1856)
13 January – Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, German painter and illustrator (died 1882)
25 January – Daniel Maclise, Irish-born painter (died 1870)
1 February – George Harvey, Scottish genre painter (died 1876)
22 February – Antoine Wiertz, Belgian painter (died 1865)
8 March – Antonio María Esquivel, Spanish Romantic painter (died 1857)^[2]
12 April – Peter Rindisbacher, Swiss-born anthropological painter (died 1834)
2 May – Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, Swiss painter (born 1874)
4 June – Daniel Macnee, Scottish portrait painter (died 1882)
11 June – James Ballantine, Scottish painter and author (died 1877)
28 July – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter who adhered to Neoclassicism (died 1858)
19 September – William Dyce, Scottish-born painter (died 1864)
24 September – Niels Christian Kierkegaard, Danish draftsman and lithographer (died 1882)
October (10 or 12) – David Scott, Scottish historical painter (died 1849)

Deaths

6 January – Jean Henri Riesener, German furniture designer (born 1734)
22 February – James Barry, Irish painter, one of the earliest romantic painters working in Britain (born 1741)
17 March – Rienk Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman (born 1729)
April – John Russell, English portrait painter (born 1745)
8 April – Robert Barker, itinerant portrait painter (born 1739)^[3]
26 April – Václav Bernard Ambrosi, Czech miniature painter (born 1723)
5 June – Gabriel François Doyen, French painter (born 1726)
3 July – Carlo Magini, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1720)^[4]
10 July – George Stubbs, British painter, best known for his paintings of horses (born 1724)
22 August – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and printmaker (born 1732)
23 August – Johann Eleazar Zeissig, German genre, portrait and porcelain painter, and engraver (born 1737)
9 October – Friedrich August Brand, Austrian painter and engraver of historical subjects and landscapes (born 1735)
10 October – Therese Maron, German painter active in Rome (born 1725)
22 October – Thomas Sheraton, English furniture designer (born 1751)
31 October – Utamaro, Japanese printmaker and painter, especially of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) (born 1753)
date unknown
- Abraham Ezekiel Ezekiel, English engraver (born 1757)
- Henry Pelham, American painter, engraver, and cartographer (born 1748/1749) (drowned)
- Johann Dallinger von Dalling, Austrian painter (born 1741)
probable – Danwon, Korean painter of the late Joseon period (born 1745)

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References

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