1808 in art

Events in the year 1808 in Art.

Events

May 2 and May 3 – In Spain the guerrilla resistance movement against the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte begins; immortalized in 1814 by Francisco Goya's Third of May 1808.
May 2 – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1808 opens at Somerset House in London
April 5 – John James Audubon marries Lucy Bakewell.^[1]
October 15 – The Salon of 1808 opens at the Louvre in Paris
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, is given the title of Royal Academy of Fine Arts by King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria.^[2]
The Rijksmuseum moves from The Hague to Amsterdam, where it is located temporarily at the Royal Palace.^[3]
Thomas Phillips is elected to the Royal Academy.

Works

Publications

Johann Dominicus Fiorillo – Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste.
Robert Blair – The Grave, with illustrations from designs by William Blake (including A Vision of the Last Judgment).
Augustus Charles Pugin & Thomas Rowlandson – Volume 1 of The Microcosm of London, illustrated in aquatint from watercolours produced jointly by Pugin & Rowlandson and published by Rudolph Ackermann in London.

Goya – *Prison Interior*. 42.9 cm x 31.7 cm, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

Births

February 5 – Carl Spitzweg, German Biedermeier painter (died 1885)
February 26 – Honoré Daumier, French painter, sculptor and illustrator (died 1879)^[18]
March 6 – Sofia Adlersparre, Swedish painter (died 1862)
July 12 – Edward Troye, Swiss-born American equine painter (died 1874)
December 14 – Édouard De Bièfve, Belgian painter (died 1882)
Date unknown – Nikola Aleksić, Serbian portraitist in the Biedermeier artistic tradition and the Nazarene movement of 19th century German painters (died 1873)

Deaths

February 10 – Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Irish portrait artist (born 1740)
March 1 – Fredrika Eleonora von Düben, Swedish textile artist, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (born 1738)^[19]
March 3 – Anton von Maron, Austrian painter active in Rome (born 1733)
April 10 – Jean-Laurent Mosnier, French painter and miniaturist (born 1743)
April 15 – Hubert Robert, French painter (born 1733)
April 26 – Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French Rococo painter, designer and engraver (born 1728)
June 1 – Jacques Kuyper, Dutch printmaker, painter, draftsman, watercolourist, etcher, musician, and composer (born 1761)
June 6 – Magdalene Bärens, Danish still life and flower painter (born 1737)^[20]
December 4 – Karl Ludwig Fernow, German art critic (born 1763)
December 18 – Christina Chalon, Dutch painter and etcher (born 1748)^[21]
December 22 – Samuel Shelley, English miniaturist and watercolour painter (born 1750)^[22]

References

↑ Henderson County, Kentucky Biography of Audubon. Accessed 9 April 2015
↑ William Sandby (1862). The History of the Royal Academy of Arts from Its Foundation in 1768 to the Present Time. Longman, Roberts, & Green. p. 64.
↑ "The beginning". History of the Rijksmuseum. Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
↑ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004994
↑ Catharine Edwards, ed. (1999). Roman Presences: Receptions of Rome in European Culture, 1789-1945. Cambridge University Press. p. 60. ISBN 9780521591973.
↑ https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/tableaux-1400-1900-online-pf2569/presumed-portrait-of-lucien-bonaparte-1775-1840
↑ Wakefield, David (1978). "Chateaubriand's 'Atala' as a Source of Inspiration in Nineteenth-Century Art". The Burlington Magazine. 120 (898): 13–24. ISSN 0007-6287. JSTOR 879073.
↑ Cumming, Robert (2008). Art. Dorling Kindersley. p. 264.
↑ Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.333
↑ "1806–1824 - Rome and Florence". Louvre. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
↑ Michel Franceschi; Ben Weider (2008). Wars Against Napoleon: Debunking the Myth of the Napoleonic Wars. Savas Beatie. p. 132.
↑ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-battle-of-trafalgar-as-seen-from-the-mizen-starboard-shrouds-of-the-victory-n00480
↑ Hunt, John Dixon. Gardens and the Picturesque: Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture. MIT Press, 1992. p.225
↑ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-forest-of-bere-t03875
↑ https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/69601/sheerness-as-seen-from-the-nore
↑ https://chronicle250.com/1808
↑ "View of Richmond Hill and Bridge". Tate. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Daumier, Honoré". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 849.
↑ "Düben, Fredrika Eleonora von". Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor. 1864. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
↑ Dyveke Helsted. "Magdalene Margrethe Bärens". Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
↑ "Chalon, Christina (1749-1808)". Het Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Shelley, Samuel" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[1] Henderson County, Kentucky Biography of Audubon. Accessed 9 April 2015

[2] William Sandby (1862). The History of the Royal Academy of Arts from Its Foundation in 1768 to the Present Time. Longman, Roberts, & Green. p. 64.

[3] "The beginning". History of the Rijksmuseum. Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[4] ttps://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004994

[5] Catharine Edwards, ed. (1999). Roman Presences: Receptions of Rome in European Culture, 1789-1945. Cambridge University Press. p. 60. ISBN 9780521591973.

[6] ttps://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/tableaux-1400-1900-online-pf2569/presumed-portrait-of-lucien-bonaparte-1775-1840

[7] Wakefield, David (1978). "Chateaubriand's 'Atala' as a Source of Inspiration in Nineteenth-Century Art". The Burlington Magazine. 120 (898): 13–24. ISSN 0007-6287. JSTOR 879073.

[8] Cumming, Robert (2008). Art. Dorling Kindersley. p. 264.

[9] Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.333

[10] "1806–1824 - Rome and Florence". Louvre. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[11] Michel Franceschi; Ben Weider (2008). Wars Against Napoleon: Debunking the Myth of the Napoleonic Wars. Savas Beatie. p. 132.

[12] ttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-battle-of-trafalgar-as-seen-from-the-mizen-starboard-shrouds-of-the-victory-n00480

[13] Hunt, John Dixon. Gardens and the Picturesque: Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture. MIT Press, 1992. p.225

[14] ttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-forest-of-bere-t03875

[15] ttps://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/69601/sheerness-as-seen-from-the-nore

[16] ttps://chronicle250.com/1808

[17] "View of Richmond Hill and Bridge". Tate. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[18] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Daumier, Honoré". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 849.

[19] "Düben, Fredrika Eleonora von". Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor. 1864. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

[20] Dyveke Helsted. "Magdalene Margrethe Bärens". Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 13 February 2025.

[21] "Chalon, Christina (1749-1808)". Het Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[22] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Shelley, Samuel" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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