1794 in art

Events from the year 1794 in art.

Events

English painter Thomas Birch comes to the United States to assist his artist father, William Birch, in preparing a 29-plate collection of engravings entitled Birch's Views of Philadelphia, eventually published in 1799.[http://www.ushistory.org/birch/index.htm Birch's Views] from ushistory.org.

March 26 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (died 1872)
May 13 – Louis Léopold Robert, Swiss painter (died 1835)
June 3 – William Charles Ross, British painter of historical paintings, miniatures and portraits (died 1860)
June 23 – Franz Nadorp, German painter who primarily worked and lived in Rome (died 1876)
July 24 – Robert William Sievier, English engraver, sculptor and inventor (died 1865)
August 29 – Léon Cogniet, French historical and portrait painter (died 1880)
September 17 – Henry Wyatt, English portrait painter (died 1840)
September 30 – Carl Joseph Begas, German historical painter (died 1854)
October – Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, English painter, art critic, forger and probable serial poisoner (died 1847)
October 19 – Charles Robert Leslie, English genre painter (died 1859)
November 19 – James Stark, English painter (died 1859)
December 31 – Samuel Jackson, English watercolour and oil painter (died 1869)
date unknown
Ferdinand Deppe, German naturalist, explorer and painter (died 1861)
Abel Dimier, French sculptor (died 1864)
Joseph Patrick Haverty, Irish painter (died 1864)
William Heath, English satirical engraver (died 1840)
Jan Feliks Piwarski, Polish painter and professor of art (died 1859)
Johannes Baptista van Acker, Flemish portrait miniature painter (died 1863)

April 4 – Hendrik-Jozef Antonissen, Dutch landscape painter (born 1737)
April 14 – Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, Swiss watercolour painter (born 1733)
May 13 – Pierre-François Brice, Belgian painter (born 1714)
June 11 - Christoph Friedrich Reinhold Lisiewski, German portrait painter (born 1725)
June 24 – Rosalie Filleul, French painter (born 1752){{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/hashtag/annerosaliefilleul |title=#AnneRosalieFilleul |publisher=ArtHerstory |access-date=26 February 2021}}
August 11 - Christian Ulrik Foltmar, Danish wallpaper weaver, painter of miniatures and organist (born 1716)
October – Jean Humbert, Dutch portrait painter (born 1734)
December 11 – Étienne Ficquet, French engraver (born 1719)
date unknown
Vicente Calderón de la Barca, Spanish historical painter (born 1762)
François Boch, ceramicist, co-founder of Villeroy & Boch (born 1695)
Carl-Ludwig Christinek, Russian painter (born 1730/1732)
Philippe Curtius, wax modeller (born 1737)
Giacomo Leonardis, Italian engraver and etcher (born 1723)
Jacopo Marieschi, Italian vedute painter (born 1711)