Events from the year1769 in art.

• April 25–May 27 – FirstRoyal Academy summer exhibition held atPall Mall inLondon.

• Joshua Reynolds isknighted.

• Pompeo Batoni –Emperor Joseph II and Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany
• Charles Catton –Self-portrait
• Joseph Ducreux –Marie Antoinette (portrait miniature)
• Nathaniel Dance-Holland
  • Portrait of Capability Brown
  • Portrait of Queen Charlotte
  • The Pybus Family
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard
  • Inspiration (Self-portrait,Louvre,Paris)
  • Self-portrait with palette and brushes (approximate date; Fragonard Museum, Hélène & Jean-François Costa Collection,Grasse)
• Christopher Hewetson – Busts ofCharles Townley and SirWatkin Williams-Wynn
• Ozias Humphry –Charlotte, Princess Royal (portrait miniature,Windsor Castle)
• Alexander Roslin –John Jennings Esq., his Brother and Sister-in-Law
• Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert –Love Triumphant (L'Amour prêt à lancer un trait, marble, approximate date)
• Benjamin West –The Departure of Regulus
• Johann Zoffany
  • The Bradshaw Family
  • The Drummond Family

• January 8 –Pietro Benvenuti, Italianneoclassical painter (died1844)
• January 31 –Henry Howard, English portrait and history painter (died1847)
• March 4 –Ellen Sharples, English painter who specialized in portraits and watercolor miniatures (died1849)
• March 9 –Adélaïde Binart, French neoclassical painter (died1832)
• March 19 –Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, French painter and draughtsman (died1823)
• April 3 –Josiah Wedgwood II, English pottery owner, son ofJosiah Wedgwood (died1843)
• April 13 –Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter (died1830)
• April 23 –Cornelia Scheffer, Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist (died1839)
• June 26 –Robert Hills, English painter and etcher (died1844)
• September 11 –Johann Erdmann Hummel, German painter (died1852)
• September 19 –George Raper, English naval officer and nature artist (died1797)
• October 18 –Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne, French historical and portrait painter (died1860)
• October 23 –James Ward, English painter, primarily of animals, and engraver (died1859)
• December 9 –Adèle Romany, French painter (died1846)
• December 23 – SirMartin Archer Shee, British portrait painter (died1850)
• December 29 –Robert Havell, Sr., English engraver and publisher (died1832)
• date unknown
  • Thomas Barker, British painter of landscape and rural life (died1847)
  • Pierre Charles Cior, French painter of historical subjects, portraits and miniatures (died c. 1838)
  • William Cuming, Irish portrait painter (died1852)
  • Bartolomé Montalvo, Spanish painter specializing in landscapes, hunted animals and still lifes (died1846)
  • François Mulard, French neoclassical painter (died1850)
  • Karl Postl, Austrian painter (died1818)
  • Sin Wi,Korean painter in the literary artist's style of the lateJoseon period (died1847)
  • Toyokuni,Japanese master ofukiyo-e, especiallyKabuki actor prints (died1825)

• March 22 -Jean-Charles François, French engraver (born1717)
• May 11 -Francesco Carlo Rusca, Italian painter (born1701)
• May 31 -Francesco Fontebasso, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period of Venice (born1707)
• June 24 –Jan Palthe, Dutch portrait painter (born1717)
• August 17 –Giuseppe Bazzani,Italian painter of theRococo (born1690)
• October 13 –Vito D'Anna, Italian painter, one of the most important artists of Sicily (born1718)
• November 4 –Andreas Brünniche, Danish portrait painter (born1704)
• November 5 –Prince Hoare,Englishsculptor (born1711)
• December 15 –Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, French miniature painter and engraver (born1723)
• date unknown
  • Jacques-François Amand, French historical painter (born1730)
  • Giuseppe Grisoni, painter and sculptor (born1699)
  • Alexis Peyrotte, French decorator painter (born1699)
  • Sim Sajeong,Koreangenre works painter in the style of theJoseon period (born1707)
• probable –Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen master, noted for his painting and calligraphy (born1685)

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