1769 in art

Events from the year 1769 in art.

Events

 * April 25–May 27 – First Royal Academy summer exhibition held in London.

Awards

 * Joshua Reynolds is knighted.

Works

 * Charles Catton – Self-portrait
 * Joseph Ducreux – Marie Antoinette (portrait miniature)
 * 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 of Charles Townley and Sir Watkin 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)
 * Johann Zoffany – The Drummond Family

Births

 * January 8 – Pietro Benvenuti, Italian neoclassical painter (died 1844)
 * January 31 – Henry Howard, English portrait and history painter (died 1847)
 * March 4 – Ellen Sharples, English painter who specialized in portraits and watercolor miniatures (died 1849)
 * March 9 – Adélaïde Binart, French neoclassical painter (died 1832)
 * March 19 – Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, French painter and draughtsman (died 1823)
 * April 3 – Josiah Wedgwood II, English pottery owner, son of Josiah Wedgwood (died 1843)
 * April 13 – Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter (died 1830)
 * April 23 – Cornelia Scheffer, Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist (died 1839)
 * June 26 – Robert Hills, English painter and etcher (died 1844)
 * September 11 – Johann Erdmann Hummel, German painter (died 1852)
 * September 19 – George Raper, English naval officer and nature artist (died 1797)
 * October 18 – Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne, French historical and portrait painter (died 1860)
 * October 23 – James Ward, English painter, primarily of animals, and engraver (died 1859)
 * December 9 – Adèle Romany, French painter (died 1846)
 * December 23 – Sir Martin Archer Shee, British portrait painter (died 1850)
 * December 29 – Robert Havell, Sr., English engraver and publisher (died 1832)
 * date unknown
 * Thomas Barker, British painter of landscape and rural life (died 1847)
 * Pierre Charles Cior, French painter of historical subjects, portraits and miniatures (died c. 1838)
 * William Cuming, Irish portrait painter (died 1852)
 * Bartolomé Montalvo, Spanish painter specializing in landscapes, hunted animals and still lifes (died 1846)
 * François Mulard, French neoclassical painter (died 1850)
 * Karl Postl, Austrian painter (died 1818)
 * Sin Wi, Korean painter in the literary artist's style of the late Joseon period (died 1847)
 * Toyokuni, Japanese master of ukiyo-e, especially Kabuki actor prints (died 1825)

Deaths

 * March 22 - Jean-Charles François, French engraver (born 1717)
 * May 11 - Francesco Carlo Rusca, Italian painter (born 1701)
 * May 31 - Francesco Fontebasso, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period of Venice (born 1707)
 * June 24 – Jan Palthe, Dutch portrait painter (born 1717)
 * August 17 – Giuseppe Bazzani, Italian painter of the Rococo (born 1690)
 * October 13 – Vito D'Anna, Italian painter, one of the most important artists of Sicily (born 1718)
 * November 4 – Andreas Brünniche, Danish portrait painter (born 1704)
 * November 5 – Prince Hoare, English sculptor (born 1711)
 * December 15 – Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, French miniature painter and engraver (born 1723)
 * date unknown
 * Jacques-François Amand, French historical painter (born 1730)
 * Giuseppe Grisoni, painter and sculptor (born 1699)
 * Alexis Peyrotte, French decorator painter (born 1699)
 * Sim Sajeong, Korean genre works painter in the style of the Joseon period (born 1707)
 * probable – Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen master, noted for his painting and calligraphy (born 1685)