1769 in art

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Events from the year 1769 in art.

Events[edit]

Fragonard – Inspiration (self-portrait)

March 19 – François Joseph Bosio, French sculptor (died 1845)
April 3 – Josiah Wedgwood II, pottery owner, son of Josiah Wedgwood (died 1843)
April 13 – Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter (died 1830)
April 23 – Cornelia Scheffer, Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist (died 1839)
June 26 – Robert Hills, English painter and etcher (died 1844)
September 11 – Johann Erdmann Hummel, Germain painter (died 1852)
September 19 – George Raper, nature artist (died 1797)
October 23 – James Ward, painter, primarily of animals, and an engraver (died 1859)
December 23 – Sir Martin Archer Shee, British portrait painter (died 1850)
date unknown
- Thomas Barker, British painter of landscape and rural life (died 1847)
- Pierre Charles Cior, French painter of historical subjects, portraits, and miniatures (died unknown)
- William Cuming, Irish portrait painter (died 1852)
- Robert Havell, Sr., English engraver and publisher (died 1832)
- Bartolomé Montalvo, Spanish painter specializing in landscapes, hunted animals and still lifes (died 1846)
- François Mulard, Neoclassical French painter (died 1850)
- Karl Postl, Austrian painter (died 1818)
- Ellen Sharples, English painter who specialized in portraits and watercolor miniatures (died 1849)
- Sin Wi, Korean painter in the literary artist's style of the late Joseon period (died 1847)
- Toyokuni, Japanese master of ukiyo-e, especially Kabuki actor prints (died 1825)