1795 in art

Events from the year 1795 in art.

Events

 * Nicolas-Jacques Conté patents the modern pencil 'lead' in France and produces the first Conté sticks.

Works

 * William Blake's monotypes Nebuchadnezzar, Newton, The Night of Enitharmon's Joy and Pity.
 * Giuseppe Ceracchi's marble portrait bust of George Washington
 * Anton Hickel's The House of Commons, 1793–94
 * Philip James de Loutherbourg's painting Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June.
 * François-Xavier Fabre's Portrait of Lord Holland.
 * François Gérard's portrait of fellow-artist Jean-Baptiste Isabey with his daughter.
 * Francisco Goya's Self-portrait in the studio.
 * Guillaume Guillon-Lethière's painting The Death of Cato of Utica
 * John Hoppner's Portrait of the Frankland sisters.

Births

 * February 10 – Ary Scheffer, French painter of Dutch extraction (died 1858)
 * May 3 – Richard James Wyatt, English sculptor (died 1850)
 * May 7 – William Fox-Strangways, English diplomat and art collector (died 1865)
 * June 23 (bapt.) – William Wyon, English chief engraver at the Royal Mint (died 1851)
 * July 11 – Amasa Hewins, American portrait, genre, and landscape painter (died 1855)
 * September 12 – John Frederick Herring, Sr., English painter, sign maker and coachman (died 1865)
 * October 20 – William Bewick, English portrait painter (died 1866)
 * date unknown
 * William Behnes, English sculptor (died 1864)
 * 1795-1798: Stephen Poyntz Denning, English portraitist, artist and curator (died 1864)

Deaths

 * January 3 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (born 1730)
 * January 13 – John Hickey, Irish-born sculptor (born 1756)
 * June 12 – Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter (born 1722)
 * June 23 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter (born 1716)
 * August 4 – Francisco Bayeu y Subías, Spanish painter in the Neoclassic style, primarily of religious and historical themes (born 1734)
 * August 31 – Maruyama Ōkyo, Japanese painter (born 1733)
 * October 6 - Johann Anton de Peters, German painter and etcher (born 1725)
 * November 15 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French portrait painter (born 1719)
 * November 18 – Antonio Cavallucci, Italian painter of the late Baroque (born 1752)
 * December 1 – Antonio Zucchi, Italian painter of the Neoclassic period (born 1726)
 * December 8 – Giovanni Battista Casanova, Italian painter and printmaker (born 1730)
 * December 25 – John Alefounder, English portrait and miniature painter (born 1757)
 * date unknown
 * Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain, French sculptor in the neoclassical style (born 1710)
 * Carlo Giuseppe Ratti, Italian art biographer and painter of the late-Baroque period (born 1737)
 * Francesco Sozzi, Italian painter (born 1732)
 * Paul Theodor van Brussel, Dutch flower painter (born 1754)