1769 in art

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Events

• First Royal Academy summer exhibition held in London.

Awards

• Joshua Reynolds is knighted.

Works

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Inspiration (Self-portrait), 1769, the Louvre, Paris

• Christopher Hewetson – Busts of Charles Townley and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard – Self Portrait
• Johann Zoffany – The Drummond Family

Births

• April 3 – Josiah Wedgwood II, pottery owner, son of Josiah Wedgwood (died 1843)
• April 13 – Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter (died 1830)
• March 19 – François Joseph Bosio, French sculptor (died 1845)
• September 19 – George Raper, nature artist (died 1797)
• October 23 – James Ward, painter, primarily of animals, and an engraver (died 1859)
• December 23 – Sir Martin Archer Shee, British portrait painter (died 1850)
• date unknown
  • Shin Wui, Korean painter in the literary artist's style of the late Joseon period (died 1847)
  • Toyokuni, Japanese master of ukiyo-e, especially Kabuki actor prints (died 1825)

Deaths

• August 17 – Giuseppe Bazzani, Italian painter of the Rococo (born 1690)
• November 5 – Prince Hoare, English sculptor (born 1711)
• date unknown
  • Giuseppe Grisoni, painter and sculptor (born 1699)
  • Sim Sajeong, Korean genre works painter in the style of the Joseon period (born 1707)
• probable – Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen master, noted for his painting and calligraphy (born 1685)