1843 in art
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Events from the year 1843 in art.
Events
- 8 May – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1843 opens at the National Gallery in London.[1]
- August – Richard Dadd, taken to the country by his family to recover from a mental breakdown, commits patricide.
- The Hill & Adamson photographic partnership is formed in Edinburgh.
Publications
Works
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- Berlin Peace Column
- Madison Square Fountain, New York City
- Martin Archer Shee – Portrait of Sir Francis Burdett[3]
- François Bouchot – Napoleon Signing His Abdication at Fontainebleau[4]
- Théodore Chassériau – The Two Sisters
- Gustave Courbet – The Desperate Man (self-portrait)
- Paul Delaroche – Charles de Rémusat
- William Etty – Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed' (first version)
- Julius Exner – Fra Kunstakademiets figursal ("From the Art Academy's Plaster Cast Collection")
- George Hayter – The House of Commons, 1833[5]
- Eugène Lami – The Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Château d'Eu[6]
- Charles Landseer – The Dying Warrior[7]
- Edwin Landseer – Windsor Castle in Modern Times[8]
- Paul Falconer Poole – Solomon Eagle exhorting the People to Repentance during the Plague of 1665
- Hiram Powers – The Greek Slave
- David Roberts – The Gate of Metawaley[9]
- Hendrik Scheffer – Entry of Joan of Arc into Liberated Orleans
- Peter von Hess – The Battle of Borodino
- Horace Vernet – Arabs Travelling in the Desert[13]
- Gustaf Wappers – Souvenirs of Antwerp[14]
- Robert Walter Weir – Embarkation of the Pilgrims[15]
- Franz Xaver Winterhalter
- Leonilla Bariatinskaia Princess of Sayn Wittgenstein Sayn (Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
- Queen Victoria (British Royal Collection)
Births
- March 3 – Aleksander Sochaczewski, Polish painter (died 1923)
- March 14 – Alexander Louis Leloir, French painter (died 1884)
- April 4 – William Henry Jackson, American explorer, photographer and painter (died 1942)
- April 8 – Howard Roberts, Philadelphia-based sculptor (died 1900)[16]
- June 16 – Adolf Waldinger, painter from Osijek, Croatia (died 1904)
- July 19 – Lucy Madox Brown, English painter (died 1894)
- September 6 – Flaxman Charles John Spurrell, English archaeologist and photographer (died 1915)
- September 25 – Maria Spanò, Italian painter (died 1880)[17]
- November 16 – Louise Jopling, English painter (died 1933)
- November 29 – Gertrude Jekyll, English garden designer (died 1932)[18]
- date unknown
Deaths
- January 17 – Abraham Raimbach, English engraver (born 1776)[19]
- January 20 – William Sawrey Gilpin, English watercolour painter (born 1762)[20]
- Between February 21 and 28 – Alexander Carse, Scottish genre painter (born 1770)
- March 19 – Alexander Varnek, Russian portrait painter (born 1782)
- April 13 – Georgije Bakalović, Serbian painter (born 1786)
- July 9 – Washington Allston, painter, the "American Titian" (born 1779)[21]
- July 12 – Josiah Wedgwood II, pottery owner, son of Josiah Wedgwood (born 1769)[22]
- July 23 – Antonín Mánes, Czech painter (born 1784)
- August 12 – Jean-Pierre Cortot, French sculptor (born 1787)[23]
- October 24 – Antoine Berjon, French painter and designer (born 1754)
- November 10 – John Trumbull, American painter (born 1756)
- November 27 – Vojtěch Benedikt Juhn, Czech painter and engraver (born 1779)
- date unknown
- Jean-Eugène-Charles Alberti, Dutch painter working primarily in Paris (born 1777)
- Hasegawa Settan, Japanese painter and wood sculptor during the late Edo period (born unknown)
References
- ↑ "1843 The Royal Academy and the Westminster Cartoon Exhibition". Chronicle250.com. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- ↑ Luke Herrmann (2000). Nineteenth Century British Painting. Charles de la Mare. p. 291.
- ↑ "Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt". Artuk.org. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Napoléon signe son abdication à Fontainebleau, 4 avril 1814 - POP". pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- ↑
- ↑ "ARRIVEE DE LA REINE VICTORIA AU CHATEAU D'EU.2 SEPTEMBRE 1843 - POP". Pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- ↑ "The Dying Warrior". Artuk.org. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73) - Windsor Castle in modern times; Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and Victoria, Princess Royal". Rct.uk.
- ↑ Roberts, David (RA) (August 16, 1843). "The Gate of Metawalea" – via Victoria & Albert Museum.
- ↑ "St Benedetto, Looking towards Fusina". Tate.org.uk. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
- ↑ "The Opening of the Wallhalla". Tate.org.uk. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
- ↑ "The Sun of Venice Going to Sea". Tate.org.uk. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Wallace Collection Online - The Artist and his Companions travelling in the Desert". Wallacelive.wallacecollection.org.
- ↑ "Gustaf Wappers (1803-74) - "Souvenir d'Anvers"". Rct.uk.
- ↑ "Embarkation of the Pilgrims | Architect of the Capitol". Aoc.gov.
- ↑ Matthew Baigell (1979). Dictionary of American Art. Harper & Row. p. 304.
- ↑ "Maria Spanò". Bertolami. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
- ↑ Tooley, M. "Jekyll, Gertrude (1843–1932), artist and garden designer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. OUP. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
- ↑ Oxford University Press (June 21, 2012). Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. OUP USA. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-19-992305-2.
- ↑ "Obit. William Sawrey Gilpin". Annual Register, 1843. Vol. 85. London: F. & J. Rivington. 1844. p. 248.
- ↑ Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1882. p. 41.
- ↑ J. David Archibald (December 15, 2018). Charles Darwin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-5381-1164-2.
- ↑ The English Cyclopaedia: Division. Biography. 6v. and Suppl. Bradbury, Evans. 1872. p. 415.