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Events in the year 1821 in Art.

Events

  • 7 May – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1821 opens at Somerset House in London with John Constable's The Hay Wain amongst the works on display
  • 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.
  • Birmingham Society of Artists established in England.

Works

thumb|right|280px|[[The Hay Wain by John Constable.]]

thumb|right|280px| [[Portrait of George IV|Coronation portrait of George IV by Thomas Lawrence.]]

thumb|right|280px|[[Victoria, Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria by William Beechey.]]

  • Lorenzo Bartolini – The Campbell Sisters Dancing a Waltz (marble)
  • William Beechey – Victoria, Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria
  • John Cawse – A Soldier Relating His Exploits in a Tavern
  • Francis Leggatt Chantrey – Lord Castlereagh
  • John Constable
  • The Hay Wain
  • Harnham Gate, Salisbury
  • Malvern Hall
  • Trees at Hampstead
  • John Crome – Yarmouth Water Frolic
  • Francis Danby – Disappointed Love
  • Jacques-Louis David – The Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte
  • Charles Deane – Waterloo Bridge and the Lambeth Waterfront from Westminster Stairs
  • Charles Lock Eastlake
  • The Erechtheum, Athens
  • A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome
  • William Etty – The Triumph of Cleopatra
  • Théodore Géricault – The 1821 Derby at Epsom
  • John Jackson – William Macready as Henry IV
  • George Jones – The Village of Waterloo
  • Charles Bird King – Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees
  • Charles-Nicolas Lafond – The Duchess of Berry Presenting the Duke of Bordeaux
  • Thomas Lawrence
  • Portrait of George IV
  • Portrait of Mikhail Vorontsov
  • Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy
  • Bertel Thorvaldsen – Lion Monument, Lucerne
  • John Trumbull – Surrender of General Burgoyne
  • William Turner – George IV Entering Dublin
  • Horace Vernet
  • The Artist's Studio
  • The Battle of Jemappes
  • Napoleon's Tomb
  • Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr
  • David Wilkie – Newsmongers

Births

  • January 27 – August Becker, German landscape painter (died 1887)
  • February 10 - Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter (died 1908)
  • February 26 – Félix Ziem, French painter (died 1911)
  • March 9 – Napoleon Sarony, Canadian American portrait photographer (died 1896)
  • April 16 – Ford Madox Brown, English painter (died 1893)
  • April 21 – Philip Henry Delamotte, English pioneer photographer (died 1889)
  • April 26 – Robert Adamson, Scottish pioneer photographer (died 1848)
  • June 18 – Théophile Schuler, French painter and illustrator (died 1878)
  • August 4 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer (died 1892)
  • August 28 – Thomas Seddon, English-born landscape painter (died 1856)
  • September 9 – James Smetham, English painter (died 1889)
  • October 13 – Évariste Vital Luminais, French historical painter (died 1896)
  • November 23 – Charles Meryon, French etcher (died 1868)
  • Robert S. Duncanson, African American landscape painter (died 1872)
  • date unknown – Mario Raggi, Italian sculptor (died 1907)

Deaths

  • February 12 – Albertus Jonas Brandt, Dutch still-life painter (born 1788)
  • February 24 – Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor (born 1748)
  • March 9 – Nicholas Pocock, English marine painter (born 1740)
  • April 18 – Thomas Baxter, English porcelain painter (born 1782)
  • April 22 – John Crome, English artist in the Romantic era (born 1768)
  • May 27 – Charles Alfred Stothard, English historical draughtsman (born 1786)
  • July 4 – Richard Cosway, English portrait painter (born 1742)
  • August 19 – Marie-Denise Villers, French painter specializing in portraits (born 1774)
  • August 21 – Adam Bartsch, Austrian scholar, artist, and printmaker in engraving and etching (born 1757)
  • September 10 – Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter and art historian (born 1748)
  • date unknown
  • Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, Italian engraver, art dealer, and merchant (born 1757)
  • Yi In-mun, Korean court painter of the late Joseon Dynasty, primarily of landscapes (born 1745)
  • probable – Luigi Agricola, Italian painter and jeweller (born c. 1750)

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