1791 in art

Events from the year 1791 in art.

Events

January 6 – William Bent Berczy, painter and political figure in Upper Canada (died 1873)
February 10
- Francesco Hayez, Italian historical, portrait and political painter (died 1881)
- Ōtagaki Rengetsu, Japanese Buddhist nun and poet, skilled potter and painter, and expert calligrapher (died 1875)
February 13 – Sylvester Shchedrin, Russian landscape painter (died 1830)
February 21 – Hezekiah Augur, American sculptor and inventor (died 1858)
March 20 – Marie Ellenrieder, German painter (died 1863)
April 27 – Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor and painter of portraits and historic scenes (died 1872)
June 18 – William Cowen, English landscape painter (died 1864)
August 2 – August Piepenhagen, German painter active in Bohemia (died 1868)
September 26 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer, pioneer of the Romantic movement (died 1824)
December 17 – Samuel Amsler, Swiss engraver (died 1849)
date unknown
- Kapiton Pavlov, Russian portrait painter (died 1852)
- Pyotr Sokolov, Russian aquarelle portraitist (died 1848)
- Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas, French painter and lithographer (died 1833)

January 4 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor (born 1716)
January 23 – François-Thomas Germain, French silversmith (born 1726)
January 25 – Giovanni Pichler, German-Italian artist in engraved gems (born 1734)
February 12 – William Parry, Welsh portrait painter (born 1743)
March 20 – Marie Jeanne Clemens, Danish engraver and painter, member of Danish Academy of Fine Arts (born 1755)
June 5 – Giuseppe Ghedini, Italian painter and university professor of painting (born 1708)
June 22 – Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Italian neoclassical architect and painter of quadratura (born 1713)
June 30 – Jean-Baptiste Descamps, French painter of village scenes (born 1714)
October 17 – Per Floding, Swedish designer and engraver (born 1731)
November 7 – Dorning Rasbotham, English writer and painter (born 1730)
November 16 – Edward Penny, English portrait and historical painter (born 1714)
November 25 – Jean-Claude Richard, French painter and engraver (born 1727)
date unknown
- Robert Carver, Irish painter, especially of theater scenery (born 1730)
- Kang Sehwang, Korean politician, painter, calligrapher and art critic (born 1713)

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