# 1821 in art

Events in the year 1821 in Art.

## Events

* 7 May – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1821 opens at Somerset House in London with John Constable's The Hay Wain amongst the works on display
* At the age of eleven, Théodore Chassériau is accepted into the studio of Ingres.
* John Martin's paintings Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon and Belshazzar's Feast are purchased by his former employer William Collins and begin to tour.
* Birmingham Society of Artists established in England.

## Works

* Edward Hodges Baily – Eve at the Fountain
* Lorenzo Bartolini – The Campbell Sisters Dancing a Waltz (marble)
* William Beechey – Victoria, Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria
* John Constable
** The Hay Wain
** Harnham Gate, Salisbury
** Malvern Hall
** Trees at Hampstead
* Jacques-Louis David – The Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte
* Charles Deane – Waterloo Bridge and the Lambeth Waterfront from Westminster Stairs
* Charles Lock Eastlake – A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome
* William Etty – The Triumph of Cleopatra
* Théodore Géricault – The 1821 Derby at Epsom
* John Jackson – William Macready as Henry IV
* George Jones – The Village of Waterloo
* Charles Bird King – Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees
* Charles-Nicolas Lafond – The Duchess of Berry Presenting the Duke of Bordeaux
* Thomas Lawrence
** Portrait of George IV
** Portrait of Mikhail Vorontsov
** Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy
* Bertel Thorvaldsen – Lion Monument, Lucerne
* John Trumbull – Surrender of General Burgoyne
* William Turner – George IV Entering Dublin
* Horace Vernet
** The Artist's Studio
** The Battle of Jemappes
** Napoleon's Tomb
** Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr
* David Wilkie – Newsmongers

## Births

* January 27 – August Becker, German landscape painter (died 1887)
* February 10 - Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter (died 1908)
* February 26 – Félix Ziem, French painter (died 1911)
* March 9 – Napoleon Sarony, Canadian American portrait photographer (died 1896)
* April 16 – Ford Madox Brown, English painter (died 1893)
* April 21 – Philip Henry Delamotte, English pioneer photographer (died 1889)
* April 26 – Robert Adamson, Scottish pioneer photographer (died 1848)
* June 18 – Théophile Schuler, French painter and illustrator (died 1878)
* August 4 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer (died 1892)
* August 28 – Thomas Seddon, English-born landscape painter (died 1856)
* September 9 – James Smetham, English painter (died 1889)
* October 13 – Évariste Vital Luminais, French historical painter (died 1896)
* November 23 – Charles Meryon, French etcher (died 1868)
* Robert S. Duncanson, African American landscape painter (died 1872)
* date unknown – Mario Raggi, Italian sculptor (died 1907)

## Deaths

* February 12 – Albertus Jonas Brandt, Dutch still-life painter (born 1788)
* February 24 – Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor (born 1748)
* March 9 – Nicholas Pocock, English marine painter (born 1740)
* April 18 – Thomas Baxter, English porcelain painter (born 1782)
* April 22 – John Crome, English artist in the Romantic era (born 1768)
* May 27 – Charles Alfred Stothard, English historical draughtsman (born 1786)
* July 4 – Richard Cosway, English portrait painter (born 1742)
* August 19 – Marie-Denise Villers, French painter specializing in portraits (born 1774)
* August 21 – Adam Bartsch, Austrian scholar, artist, and printmaker in engraving and etching (born 1757)
* September 10 – Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter and art historian (born 1748)
* date unknown
** Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, Italian engraver, art dealer, and merchant (born 1757)
** Yi In-mun, Korean court painter of the late Joseon Dynasty, primarily of landscapes (born 1745)
* probable – Luigi Agricola, Italian painter and jeweller (born c. 1750)