1792 in art

Events from the year 1792 in art.

Events

 * Ozias Humphry is appointed Portrait Painter in Crayons (i.e., pastels) to King George III of Great Britain.
 * François-André Vincent becomes a professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
 * Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as the Kungliga Museet ("Royal Museum").

Works

 * Richard Cosway – Portrait miniature of George, Prince of Wales
 * Jacques-Louis David – Portrait of Madame Marie-Louise Trudaine
 * Samuel Jennings – Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences
 * Alexander Kucharsky – Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France
 * George Stubbs
 * A Couple of Foxhounds
 * Rhinoceros
 * John Trumbull
 * Alexander Hamilton
 * General George Washington at Trenton
 * Utamaro – Famous Beauties of Edo, Ten Learned Studies of Women and Ten Types of Women's Physiognomies (print series begun)

Births

 * February 19 – Lucie Ingemann, née Mandix, Danish religious painter (died 1868)
 * February 24 – István Ferenczy, Hungarian sculptor (died 1856)
 * June 16 – John Linnell, English landscape painter (died 1882)
 * June 26 – Christian Albrecht Jensen, Danish painter (died 1870)
 * August 9
 * Alvan Fisher, United States landscape and genre painter (died 1863)
 * Charles-François Lebœuf, French sculptor (died 1865)
 * August 12 – Hans Harder, Danish painter and drawing master (died 1873)
 * August 30 – Alexis Joseph Depaulis, French sculptor and medallist (died 1867)
 * September 1 – Chester Harding, American portrait painter (died 1866)
 * October 31 – Jean-Baptiste Roman, French sculptor (died 1835)
 * December 17 – George Hayter, English portrait painter (died 1871)
 * December 20 – Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French designer and painter, especially of military subjects (died 1845)
 * date unknown
 * Arnoldus Bloemers, Dutch painter of flowers, fruit, and animals (died 1844)
 * Peter Andreas Brandt, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1862)
 * Carl Georg Enslen, Austrian painter (died 1866)
 * Ferdinand Wolfgang Flachenecker, German painter (died 1847)
 * James Arthur O'Connor, Irish landscape painter (died 1841)
 * James Pollard, British painter and aquatint engraver especially of coach, fox hunting and equine scenes (died 1867)
 * Ulla Stenberg, Swedish damask maker (died 1858)
 * William Guy Wall, American painter of Irish birth (died 1864)
 * Thomas Wyon, English engraver of medals (died 1817)
 * 1792/1793: George Mills, British sculptor, engraver and medallist (died 1824)

Deaths

 * February 1 – Nicolas-Guy Brenet, French historical painter (born 1728)
 * February 21 – Jacob Schnebbelie, English illustrator and engraver (born 1760)
 * February 23 – Sir Joshua Reynolds, English painter, specializing in portraits (born 1723)
 * March 3 – Robert Adam, Scottish-born architect and interior designer (born 1728)
 * May 7 – Aert Schouman, Dutch painter, glass engraver and art dealer (born 1710)
 * December 4 – Antonio Ponz, Spanish painter (born 1725)
 * December 12 – William Hoare, English painter, noted for his pastels (born 1707)
 * December 17 – Gottlieb Welté, German etcher and landscape painter (born 1745/1749)
 * date unknown
 * Francesco Appiani, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome and Perugia (born 1704)
 * Manuel de la Cruz, Spanish painter (born 1750)
 * Anna Maria Mengs, German portrait painter in pastel and miniature (born 1751)
 * Pietro Scalvini, Italian painter (born 1718)
 * Katsukawa Shunshō, Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style (born 1726)