1840 in art
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[edit] Events
- Nelson's column is erected in Trafalgar Square, London.
[edit] Works
- See also: Category:1840 paintings
- Francis Danby - The Deluge
- Eugène Delacroix - Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople (Louvre, Paris)
- Edwin Landseer - Laying Down The Law, or Trial by Jury (Chatsworth House, Derbyshire)
- Joseph Mallord William Turner - The Slave Ship or Slavers throwing overboard the Dead and Dying — Typhoon coming on (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
- Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life (National Gallery, Washington; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York)
 Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1840, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC |
 Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Youth, 1840, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC |
 Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Manhood, 1840, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC |
 Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Old Age, 1840, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC |
[edit] Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, painting:
- Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Théodore Ballu.
- Grand Prix de Rome, music: F.E.V. Bazin.
[edit] Births
- April 22 - Odilon Redon, painter and graphic artist (d. 1916)
- May 28 - Hans Makart, painter and designer (d. 1884)
- August 14 - Briton Rivière, painter (d. 1920)
- September 27 - Thomas Nast, cartoonist (d. 1902)
- November 12 - Auguste Rodin, sculptor (d. 1917)
- November 14 - Claude Monet, Impressionist painter (d. 1926)
- Timothy H. O'Sullivan, photographer of the American Civil War (d. 1882)
[edit] Deaths
- March 19 - Thomas Daniell, landscape painter (b. 1749)
- March 30 - Beau Brummell, leader of fashion (b. 1778)
- April 10 - Alexander Nasmyth, painter (b. 1758)
- May 7 - Caspar David Friedrich, painter (b. 1774)
- June 20 - Pierre-Joseph Redouté, flower painter (b. 1759)
- Carl Blechen - German painter, specializing in fantastic landscapes with demons and grotesque figures (b. 1798)
- Reverend John Thomson - minister of Duddingston Kirk near Edinburgh, Scotland and landscape painter (b. 1778)
