1791 in art
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[edit] Works
[edit] Births
- January 6 - William Bent Berczy, painter and political figure in Upper Canada (d. 1873)
- March 20 - Marie Ellenrieder, German painter (d. 1863)
- September 26 - Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer, pioneer of the Romantic movement (d. 1824)
- Samuel Amsler, Swiss engraver (d. 1849)
- Ōtagaki Rengetsu - Japanese Buddhist nun poet, skilled potter and painter, and expert calligrapher (d. 1875)
- Samuel F. B. Morse - American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system and Morse Code (d. 1872)
- Sylvester Shchedrin - Russian landscape painter (d. 1830)
[edit] Deaths
- November 7 - Dorning Rasbotham, English writer and painter (b. 1730)
- Jean-Baptiste Descamps, French painter of village scenes (b. 1714)
- Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor (b. 1716)
- Jean-Claude Richard, French painter and engraver (b. 1727)
- Giuseppe Ghedini - Italian painter and later a university professor of painting (b. 1708)
- Robert Carver - Irish painter especially of theater scenery (b. 1730)
- Kang Sehwang - Korean politician, painter, calligrapher and art critic of the mid Joseon period (b. 1713)
- Giuseppe Antonio Landi - Italian neoclassical architect and painter of quadratura (b. 1713)
