1759 in art

Events

*Thomas Gainsborough and his family move to Bath, England.

Works

*Thomas Gainsborough - "Self-portrait"

Births

*July 10 - Pierre-Joseph Redouté, flower painter (died 1840)
* Jean-Baptiste Audebert, natural history artist (died 1800)
* John Frederick Miller, illustrator (d. 1796)
* Rafael Ximeno y Planes - Spanish painter (died 1825)
* Carl Frederik von Breda - Swedish painter to the Swedish court (died 1818)
* Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois - French physicist and painter (died 1832)
* Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin - French miniature painter (died 1832)
* Pierre Charles Baquoy - French painter and engraver especially of famous historical characters (died 1829)
* François Baillairgé - Canadian artist of woodworking, wood-carving, and architecture (died 1830)

Deaths

*May 12 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, sculptor (b. 1700)
* Wang Shishen, Chinese painter (b. 1686)
* Jeong Seon - Korean landscape painter (b. 1676)
* Kaspar Anton von Baroni-Cavalcabo - Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (b. 1682)
* Bernardo de' Dominici - Italian art historian and painter of the late-Baroque period (b. 1683)
* Margareta Capsia - Finnish painter (b. 1682)