1820 in art
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[edit] Events
- The Venus de Milo is discovered on the island of Melos (Greek: Milos).
[edit] Works
- John Constable - Harwich Lighthouse
- Bertel Thorvaldsen - The Lion of Lucerne
- John Trumbull - Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
[edit] Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, painting:
- Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:
- Grand Prix de Rome, music: Aimé Ambroise Simon Leborne.
[edit] Births
- February 28 - Sir John Tenniel, illustrator
- April 6 - Nadar, photographer and caricaturist
- July 25 - Henry Doulton, potter
- December - Eugène Fromentin, painter
- date unknown - John Frederick Herring, Jr., English sporting and equestrian painter (d. 1897)
[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
