1761 in art

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Events from the year 1761 in art.

Events

May 9 – Society of Artists of Great Britain exhibition opens in London. Exhibitors include Gainsborough, Hogarth and Nollekens, and Stubbs shows a painting for the first time (A Stallion Called Romulus).^[1]
Scottish-born artist Allan Ramsay appointed to succeed John Shackelton as Principal Painter in Ordinary to George III of Great Britain.

January 24 – Johann Christian Reinhart, German painter and etcher (died 1847)
January 28 – Marguerite Gérard, French painter and etcher (died 1837)
March – John Laporte, English landscape painter and etcher (died 1839)
April 10 – Jacques-Edme Dumont, French sculptor (died 1844)
May 16 – John Opie, Cornish historical and portrait painter (died 1807)
June 29 – Jacques Kuyper, Dutch printmaker, painter, draftsman, watercolourist, etcher, musician, and composer (died 1808)
July 5 – Louis-Léopold Boilly, French painter (died 1845)
October 11 – Mather Brown, American-born portrait and historical painter (died 1831)
October 21 – Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe, French artist, map-maker and close strategic advisor of Napoleon (died 1824)
September 6 – Marie-Gabrielle Capet, French painter (died 1818)
November 4 – Bertrand Andrieu, French engraver and medalist (died 1822)
December 1 – Marie Tussaud, French-born wax modeller of the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (died 1850)
date unknown
- Jan Frans Eliaerts, Flemish painter of animals, flowers and fruit (died 1848)
- William Fowler, English artist (died 1832)
- Charles Hayter, English painter (died 1835)
- Sakai Hōitsu, Japanese painter of the Rinpa school (died 1828)
- Zhang Yin, Chinese calligrapher and painter of Qing Dynasty (died 1829)
probable – Robert Fagan, Irish painter, diplomat and archaeologist (died 1816)

April 4 – Theodore Gardelle, painter and enameller (born 1722) (executed for murder)
April 30 – Jean Duvivier, French medallist (born 1687)
July 13 – Claes Lang, Finnish painter (born 1690)
July 16 – Jacob Fortling, German-Danish sculptor, architect and manufacturer (born 1711)
July 21 – Louis Galloche, French painter (born 1670)
August 18 – François Gaspard Adam, French rococo sculptor (born 1710)
September 7 – Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, German painter (born 1702)
December 10 – Johann Georg Platzer, Austrian painter of primarily historical and mythical scenes (born 1704)
date unknown
- August Querfurt, Austrian painter (born 1696)
- Mary Roberts, miniaturist
- Pieter Tanjé, engraver from the Northern Netherlands (born 1706)
- Ivan Vishnyakov, Russian painter (born 1699)

^ Egerton, Judy (2007). George Stubbs, Painter: catalogue raisoné. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300125092.
^ "Thomas Gainsborough portrait 're-worked by rival'". BBC News Tyne. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2012-04-26.

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