1762 in art
Overview of the events of 1762 in art
Overview of the events of 1762 in art
Events from the year 1762 in art.
Events
Paintings
Stubbs, Whistlejacket
Births
- February 29 – Eberhard Wächter, painter (died 1852)
- June 16 – Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian painter, especially of history pieces, genre depictions, and whimsical and imaginary landscapes (died 1844)
- August 10 – Arthur William Devis – English portrait and historical painter (died 1822)
- October 4 – William Sawrey Gilpin, watercolour painter (died 1843)
- December 30 – John Emes, British engraver and water-colour painter (died 1810)
- date unknown
- Pierre-Michel Alix, French engraver (died 1817)
- James Bisset, Scottish-born artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet (died 1832)
- Giovanni Battista Ballanti, sculptor (died 1835)
- Vicente Calderón de la Barca, Spanish historical painter (died 1794)
- Pietro Fontana, Italian engraver (died 1837)
- Anna Rajecka, Polish painter and drawing artist (died 1832)
- Francesco Rosaspina, Italian engraver (died 1841)
- Jan Rustem, Turkish-born portrait painter (died 1835)
- William Frederick Wells, English watercolour painter and etcher (died 1836)
Deaths
- January 11 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (born 1695)
- April 2 – Johann Georg Bergmüller, painter of frescoes (born 1688)
- July 16 – Giovanni Francesco Braccioli, Italian painter, mainly active in Ferrara (born 1698)
- July 20 – Paul Troger, Austrian painter, draughtsman and printmaker of the late Baroque period (born 1698)
- July 27 – Edmé Bouchardon, French sculptor (born 1698)
- August 31 – Pietro Rotari, Italian painter of portraits and altarpieces (born 1707)
- October 22 – Karl Aigen, German painter, master painter/tutor with Daniel Gran in Vienna (born 1684)
- November 18 – Agostino Veracini, Italian painter and engraver (born 1689)
- date unknown
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