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List of years in art

Events from the year 1842 in art.

Contents

1 Events
2 Works
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events[edit]

David Roberts begins publication of Sketches in the Holy Land (chromolithographs).
Richard Dadd becomes mentally ill during a tour of the Middle East and is thought to be suffering from sunstroke.
Construction work resumes on Cologne Cathedral, after a gap of nearly three centuries.
George Hayter granted a knighthood.
William Fox Talbot receives the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society.
George R. Lewis records the famous carvings at Kilpeck church, Herefordshire.
Dordrechts Museum established in the Netherlands.

Works[edit]

Thomas Brigstocke – Alnaschar, the Barber's fifth Brother
Ford Madox Brown – Manfred on the Jungfrau
Thomas Cole – The Voyage of Life (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
William Powell Frith – Dolly Varden
Benjamin Haydon – Wordsworth on Helvellyn
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – Odalisque with Slave
Daniel Maclise – The Play-scene in Hamlet
Thomas Phillips – Michael Faraday
J. M. W. Turner
Franz Xaver Winterhalter – Portrait of Prince Albert

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Youth
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Manhood
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Old Age

Births[edit]

June 12 – Harry Hems, English architectural and ecclesiastical sculptor (died 1916)
October 18 – Sydney Prior Hall, English portraitist and illustrator (died 1922)
November 29 – William Blake Richmond, English painter and interior decorator (died 1921)
December 16 – Otto Sinding, Norwegian painter (died 1909)
December 18 – William Anderson, collector of Japanese art (died 1900)

Deaths[edit]

March 16 - Archer James Oliver, British portrait painter (born 1774)
March 30 – Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, painter (born 1755)
May 12 – Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (born 1799)
July 7 – Louis-André-Gabriel Bouchet, French historical painter (born 1759)
July 28 – John Sell Cotman, English artist of the Norwich school especially watercolours (born 1782)
August 28 – Peter Fendi, Austrian portrait and genre painter, engraver, and lithographer (born 1796)
November 17 – John Varley, English watercolour painter and astrologer (born 1778)
date unknown
- Giovanni Balestra, Italian engraver (born 1774)
- George Barret, Jr., English landscape painter (born 1767)
- Paolo Caronni, Italian engraver (born 1779)
- Gilles-François Closson, Belgian landscape painter (born 1796)
- Charles Codman, landscape painter of Portland, Maine (born 1800)
- Kapiton Pavlov, Russian portrait painter (born 1791)
- James Stuart, Irish-Australian painter (born 1802)

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The screen at St Alban's Cathedral, restored by Hems

Bronze of King William III, at Clifton Street Orange Hall, Belfast by Harry Hems

1916 in art [videos]

Events — February 9 – 6.00 p.m. – Tristan Tzara "founds" Dadaism (according to Hans Arp). — March 1 – Liljevalchs …

1916 in art - Claude Monet, Nympheas, Musée Marmottan Monet, 1916

1916 in art - Jean Metzinger, 1916, Femme au miroir (Lady at her Dressing Table), oil on canvas, 92.4 x 65.1 cm, private collection

Claude Monet, Nympheas, Musée Marmottan Monet, 1916

Jean Metzinger, 1916, Femme au miroir (Lady at her Dressing Table), oil on canvas, 92.4 x 65.1 cm, private collection

1916 in art - Image: Ritratto di Busoni, 1916 (Roberto Biccioni)

1916 in art - Image: Clausen, George (Sir) (RA) Youth Mourning Google Art Project

Image: Ritratto di Busoni, 1916 (Roberto Biccioni)

Image: Clausen, George (Sir) (RA) Youth Mourning Google Art Project

1922 in art [videos]

Events — February 1 – Akron Art Institute opens in Ohio. — February 11–18 – Modern Art Week (Semana de Arte Moderna) …

1922 in art - Paul Klee – Twittering Machine (MOMA)

1922 in art - Image: Cawen Alvar Sokea Soittoniekka 1922

Paul Klee – Twittering Machine (MOMA)

Image: Cawen Alvar Sokea Soittoniekka 1922

1922 in art - Image: Anzac, the landing 1915

1922 in art - Image: Lancaster Monument, East Sheen Cemetery

Image: Anzac, the landing 1915

Image: Lancaster Monument, East Sheen Cemetery

William Blake Richmond [videos]

Sir William Blake Richmond KCB, RA, PPRBSA (29 November 1842 – 11 February 1921), was a portrait painter and a designer …

William Blake Richmond - Image: William Blake Richmond Venus and Anchises Google Art Project

William Blake Richmond - Image: Ethel Bertha Harrison (1851 1916), by William Blake Richmond

Image: William Blake Richmond Venus and Anchises Google Art Project

Image: Ethel Bertha Harrison (1851 1916), by William Blake Richmond

William Blake Richmond - Image: William Blake Richmond Hera in the House of Hephaistos, 1902

William Blake Richmond - Image: Sir William Blake Richmond Portrait of Mrs Ernest Moon Google Art Project

Image: William Blake Richmond Hera in the House of Hephaistos, 1902

Image: Sir William Blake Richmond Portrait of Mrs Ernest Moon Google Art Project

1921 in art [videos]

Events — March – Puhl & Wagner are contracted to decorate the interior of the Golden Hall (Stockholm City Hall) with …

1921 in art - Image: Keating, Men of the South

1921 in art - Image: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Zwei Brüder M. (Mardersteig) 1921 1

Image: Keating, Men of the South

Image: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Zwei Brüder M. (Mardersteig) 1921 1

1921 in art - Image: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner View of Basel and the Rhine

1921 in art - Image: Lewis As The Tyro

Image: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner View of Basel and the Rhine

Image: Lewis As The Tyro

1909 in art [videos]

Events — February 20 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto is first published, in the French newspaper Le …

1909 in art - At the centre of the Reformation Wall are statues of William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza and John Knox

1909 in art - Image: Blue Morning 1909 George Bellows

At the centre of the Reformation Wall are statues of William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza and John Knox

Image: Blue Morning 1909 George Bellows

1909 in art - Image: George Wesley Bellows Summer Night, Riverside Drive (1909)

1909 in art - Image: Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis ANGELS (PARADISE) 1909

Image: George Wesley Bellows Summer Night, Riverside Drive (1909)

Image: Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis ANGELS (PARADISE) 1909

1900 in art [videos]

Events — April 14–November 12 – Exposition Universelle in Paris helps popularize Art Nouveau style. Alphonse Mucha …

1900 in art - Eakins' The Thinker

1900 in art - Image: Cassatt Mary Jules Being Dried by His Mother 1900

Eakins' The Thinker

Image: Cassatt Mary Jules Being Dried by His Mother 1900

1900 in art - Image: Self portrait (Aurelia de Sousa)

1900 in art - Image: Duchesse Anne D’Uzes working on a sculpture of Jeanne D’Arc 1900

Image: Self portrait (Aurelia de Sousa)

Image: Duchesse Anne D’Uzes working on a sculpture of Jeanne D’Arc 1900

Washington, D.C. [videos]

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply …

Washington, D.C. - Clockwise from top right: United States Capitol, Washington Monument, the White House, Smithsonian Institution Building, Lincoln Memorial and Washington National Cathedral

Washington, D.C. - Map of the District of Columbia in 1835, prior to the retrocession

Clockwise from top right: United States Capitol, Washington Monument, the White House, Smithsonian Institution Building, Lincoln Memorial and Washington National Cathedral

Map of the District of Columbia in 1835, prior to the retrocession

Washington, D.C. - Ford's Theatre in the 19th century, site of the 1865 assassination of President Lincoln

Washington, D.C. - Crowds surrounding the Reflecting Pool during the 1963 March on Washington

Ford's Theatre in the 19th century, site of the 1865 assassination of President Lincoln

Crowds surrounding the Reflecting Pool during the 1963 March on Washington

Daniel Maclise [videos]

Daniel Maclise (25 January 1806 – 25 April 1870) was an Irish history, literary and portrait painter, and illustrator, …

Daniel Maclise - 1857 lithograph of Daniel Maclise by Charles Baugniet

Daniel Maclise - Maclise's Spirit of Chivalry, oil on canvas, 50 x 33 5/8 inches (127.00 x 85.60 cm), Private collection.

1857 lithograph of Daniel Maclise by Charles Baugniet

Maclise's Spirit of Chivalry, oil on canvas, 50 x 33 5/8 inches (127.00 x 85.60 cm), Private collection.

Daniel Maclise - Image: C19 interior 028

Daniel Maclise - A detail of the engraving of Maclise's 1842 painting The Play-scene in Hamlet, portraying the moment when the guilt of Claudius is revealed.

Image: C19 interior 028

A detail of the engraving of Maclise's 1842 painting The Play-scene in Hamlet, portraying the moment when the guilt of Claudius is revealed.

1835 in art [videos]

Events from the year 1835 in art. — Events — June 6 – Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin is received into the Roman …

1835 in art - Christen Købke – One of the Small Towers on Frederiksborg Castle

1835 in art - Image: Leon Cogniet L Expedition D Egypte Sous Les Ordres De Bonaparte

Christen Købke – One of the Small Towers on Frederiksborg Castle

Image: Leon Cogniet L Expedition D Egypte Sous Les Ordres De Bonaparte

1835 in art - Image: Caspar David Friedrich 016

Image: Caspar David Friedrich 016

George Hayter [videos]

Sir George Hayter (17 December 1792 – 18 January 1871) was a notable English painter, specialising in portraits and …

George Hayter - Self portrait of George Hayter aged 28, painted in 1820 (National Portrait Gallery)

George Hayter - The Tribute Money by George Hayter, 1817. Exhibited at the British Institution 1825

Self portrait of George Hayter aged 28, painted in 1820 (National Portrait Gallery)

The Tribute Money by George Hayter, 1817. Exhibited at the British Institution 1825

George Hayter - A Controversy on Colour, by John Hayter (1800-1891) showing from left to right Charles Hayter (father of John and George), John Hayter, Edwin Landseer and George Hayter (Shipley Art Gallery, UK)

A Controversy on Colour, by John Hayter (1800-1891) showing from left to right Charles Hayter (father of John and George), John Hayter, Edwin Landseer and George Hayter (Shipley Art Gallery, UK)

1833 in art [videos]

Events from the year 1833 in art. — Events — January – Honoré Daumier is released from prison after serving a 6-month …

1833 in art - Delaroche – The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

1833 in art - Image: Kiprensky Torvaldsen

Delaroche – The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

Image: Kiprensky Torvaldsen

1833 in art - Image: William IV

Image: William IV

Richard Dadd [videos]

Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of …

Richard Dadd - Richard Dadd working on Contradiction: Oberon and Titania (1854/1858)

Richard Dadd - Caravanserai at Mylasa in Asia Minor, 1845, Yale Cantre for British Art

Richard Dadd working on Contradiction: Oberon and Titania (1854/1858)

Caravanserai at Mylasa in Asia Minor, 1845, Yale Cantre for British Art

Richard Dadd - The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, oil on canvas, 26 inches x 21 inches (1855–64; Tate, London).

The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, oil on canvas, 26 inches x 21 inches (1855–64; Tate, London).

Sydney Prior Hall [videos]

Sir Sydney Prior Hall MVO, MA (18 October 1842 – 1922) was a British portrait painter and illustrator and one of the …

Sydney Prior Hall - Image: Leopard baiting

Sydney Prior Hall - Image: Collapse Of Temple

Image: Leopard baiting

Image: Collapse Of Temple

Sydney Prior Hall - Image: The three daughters of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra by Sydney Prior Hall

Image: The three daughters of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra by Sydney Prior Hall

1836 in art [videos]

Events from the year 1836 in art. — Events — June – Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz") begins illustrating The Pickwick Papers …

1836 in art - Image: Caspar David Friedrich Küste bei Mondschein

1836 in art - Image: Constantin Hansen 1836 HC Andersen

Image: Caspar David Friedrich Küste bei Mondschein

Image: Constantin Hansen 1836 HC Andersen

1832 in art [videos]

Events from the year 1832 in art. — Events — New Society of Painters in Water Colours holds its first exhibition, in …

1832 in art - Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji color woodcut, 10 1/8 × 14 15/16 inches (25.7 x 37.9 cm); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1832 in art - Image: Joseph Paelinck Juno, 1832

Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji color woodcut, 10 1/8 × 14 15/16 inches (25.7 x 37.9 cm); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Image: Joseph Paelinck Juno, 1832