1821 in art

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List of years in Art

Events

• At the age of eleven, Théodore Chassériau is accepted into the studio of Ingres.
• John Martin's paintings Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon and Belshazzar's Feast are purchased by his former employer William Collins and begin to tour.

Works

John Constable, The Hay Wain, 1821

• Edward Hodges Baily – Eve at the Fountain
• John Constable – The Hay Wain
• Théodore Géricault – The 1821 Derby at Epsom
• Bertel Thorvaldsen – Lion Monument, Lucerne
• John Trumbull – Surrender of General Burgoyne

Births

• January 27 – August Becker, painter (d. 1887)
• February 26 – Félix Ziem, French painter (d. 1911)
• April 16 – Ford Madox Brown, painter (d. 1893)
• April 21 – Philip Henry Delamotte, pioneer photographer (d. 1889)
• April 26 – Robert Adamson, pioneer photographer (d. 1848)
• August 4 – Louis Vuitton, designer (d. 1892)
• August 28 – Thomas Seddon, landscape painter (d. 1856)
• September 9 – James Smetham, English painter (d. 1889)
• November 23 – Charles Méryon, etcher (d. 1868)

Deaths

• April 22 – John Crome, English artist in the Romantic era (b. 1768)
• May 27 – Charles Alfred Stothard, historical draughtsman (b. 1786)
• July 4 – Richard Cosway, portrait painter (b. 1742)
• August 19 – Marie-Denise Villers, French painter specializing in portraits (b. 1774)
• September 10 – Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, painter and art historian (b. 1748)
• date unknown – Yi Inmun, Korean court painter of the late Joseon Dynasty, primarily of landscapes (b. 1745)