1743 in art

Events

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Works

Births

*September 11 - Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish Neoclassicist painter (d. 1809)
* Johann Kaspar Füssli, Swiss painter (d. 1786)
* Louis Jean Desprez, painter and architect (d. 1804)
* Giovanni David, Italian etcher (d. 1790)
* (b. 1743/1745): Johann Georg Weikert - Austrian portrait painter (d. 1799)

Deaths

* January 3 - Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer/painter and author (b. 1656)
* Fra Vittore del Galgario, Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch (b. 1655)
* Giuseppe Ghislandi, Italian painter from Bergamo (b. 1655)
* Michael Dahl, Swedish portrait painter (b. 1659)
* Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter of Catalan origin (b. 1659)
* Pietro Paolo Cristofari, Italian artist responsible for a number of the mosaics in St. Peter's Basilica (b. 1685)
* Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
* Ogata Kenzan - Japanese potter and painter (b. 1663)
* Giacomo Antonio Arland - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1668)
* Placido Campolo - Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (b. 1693)
* Girolamo Donnini - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1681)
* Antonio Filocamo - Italian painter at various churches and oratories in Messina (b. 1669)
* Giovanni Tuccari - Italian painter of battle scenes (b. 1667)
* Michele Marieschi - Italian painter of landscapes or vistas (a "vedutisti") (b. 1710)