1786 in art

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Events

• Francisco Goya appointed court painter to Charles III of Spain.

Works

• Mather Brown – Portraits of Thomas Jefferson and Charles Bullfinch
• Thomas Gainsborough – Lavinia (The Milk Maid)
• Francisco Goya – The Snow
• Joshua Reynolds – Admiral Sir Edward Hughes
• Johann Zoffany – Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match

Births

• January 26 – Benjamin Haydon, English historical painter and writer (died 1846)
• April 1 – William Mulready, Irish genre painter of rural scenes (died 1863)
• April 16 – Albrecht Adam, painter (died 1862)
• July 5 – Charles Alfred Stothard, historical draughtsman (died 1821)
• July 9 – Rudolph Schadow, German sculptor (died 1822)
• August 8 - Bengt Erland Fogelberg, Swedish sculptor (died 1854)
• August 28 – Ferdinand Piloty, lithographer (died 1844)
• October 10 – François-Édouard Picot, French historic painter (died 1868)
• date unknown
  • Eugenie Margeurite Honoree Charen, French painter (died 1824)
  • James Frothingham, American painter (died 1864)
  • Kunisada, Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints (died 1865)
  • Kim Jeonghui, Korean calligrapher and artist (died 1856)

Deaths

• January 8 – Johan Edvard Mandelberg, Swedish-born painter (born 1730)
• February 17 – Thomas Beckwith, English painter, genealogist and antiquary (born 1731)
• March 6 – Charles Germain de Saint Aubin, draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV of France (born 1721)
• April 12 – Francesco Saverio Mergalo, Italian portrait painter (born 1746)
• May 4 – Johann Kaspar Füssli, Swiss painter (born 1743)
• June 21 – George Hepplewhite, English furniture designer (born 1727?)
• October 17 – Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss landscape painter and etcher (born 1723)
• date unknown
  • Alexander Cozens, British landscape-painter in water-colours and teacher of painting (born 1717)
  • Tilly Kettle, portrait painter (born 1735)