1819 in art

Events

• Francisco Goya begins the series of "Black Paintings", working directly onto the walls of his dining and sitting rooms at his home, Quinta del Sordo, near Madrid.

Works

• Washington Allston – Florimell's Flight
• Marie Ellenrieder – Self-portrait as a painter
• Théodore Géricault – Le Radeau de la Méduse (The Raft of the Medusa)
• Francisco Goya – The Madhouse and A Procession of Flagellants
• Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin – Christ on the Knees of the Virgin
• Louis Hersent – Abdication of Gustavus Vasa (destroyed in 1848)
• Thomas Lawrence – Margaret, Countess of Blessington
• Bertel Thorvaldsen – Christ and the Twelve Apostles
• John Trumbull – Declaration of Independence
• J. M. W. Turner – Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Births

• January 19 – William...... ...
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