1806 in art

[edit] Events

• The Elgin Marbles are brought to Britain from Greece by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin.

[edit] Works

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Napoleon on his Imperial Throne, 1806, oil on canvas, 260 x 163 cm, Musée de l'Armée, Paris

See also: Category:1806 paintings

• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres:
• Napoleon on his Imperial Throne
• Madame Rivière

[edit] Births

• April 12 - Peter Rindisbacher, painter (d. 1834)
• July 28 - Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter who adhered to Neoclassicism (d. 1858)
• October - David Scott, historical painter (d. 1849)
• Daniel Maclise, painter (d. 1870)
• Sir Daniel Macnee, portrait painter (d. 1882)
• Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, painter and illustrator (d. 1882)
• Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, painter (b. 1874)
• William Dyce, painter (d. 1864)
• Louis Joseph César Ducornet, painter (used his feet) (d. 1856)
• Antoine Wiertz, painter (d. 1865)

[edit] Deaths

• April - John Russell, portrait painter (b. 1745)
• August 22 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and printmaker (b. 1732)
• October 22 - Thomas Sheraton, furniture designer (b. 1751)
• James Barry - Irish painter, one of earliest romantic painters working in Britain (b. 1741)
• Pierre Gouthière, metal-worker (b. 1740)
• Jean Henri Riesener, furniture designer (b. 1734)
• Utamaro, Japanese printmaker and painter, especially of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) (b. 1753)
• George Stubbs, British painter, best known for his paintings of horses (b. 1724)
• Danwon - Korean painter of the late Joseon period (b. 1745)
• Charles Nicolas Favart - French actor, playwright, and painter (b. 1749)
• Henry Pelham - American painter, engraver, and cartographer (b. 1748/1749)
• Rienk Jelgerhuis - Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman (b. 1729)