1820 in art

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See also: 1819 in art, other events of 1820, 1821 in art, list of years in art

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Contents 1 Events 2 Works 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• The Venus de Milo is discovered on the island of Melos.

[edit] Works

• John Constable - Harwich Lighthouse
• Bertel Thorvaldsen - The Lion of Lucerne
• John Trumbull - Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown

[edit] Births

• February 28 - Sir John Tenniel, illustrator
• April 6 - Nadar, photographer and caricaturist
• July 25 - Henry Doulton, potter
• December - Eugène Fromentin, painter

[edit] Deaths

• January 29 - George III of the United Kingdom, patron of the arts and collector
• March 11 - Benjamin West, painter
• September 3 - Benjamin Latrobe, architect of the United States Capitol