Events from the year 1755 in art.
Paintings
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- January 30 - Richard Collins, English chief miniature and enamel painter to George III (died 1831)
- February - Albert Christoph Dies, German painter and composer (died 1822)
- February 6 – Henry Bone, English enamel painter (died 1834)
- February 13 - Philibert-Louis Debucourt, French painter and engraver (died 1832)
- April 9 - William Birch, English miniature painter and engraver (died 1834)
- April 16 – Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, French painter (died 1842)[1]
- July 6 – John Flaxman, sculptor (died 1826)
- July 14 - Charles-Antoine Clevenbergh, Flemish painter of still-life (died 1810)
- August 4 – Nicolas-Jacques Conté, painter and inventor of the pencil (died 1805)
- August 17 – Thomas Stothard, English painter and engraver (died 1834)
- September 8 - Petrus Johannes van Regemorter, Flemish landscape and genre painter (died 1830)
- November 16 - Marie Jeanne Clemens, Danish engraver and painter, member of Danish Academy of Fine Arts (died 1791)
- December 3 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (died 1828)
- December 4 – Franz Caucig, Slovene painter and drawer (died 1828)
- date unknown
References
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- ^ Magill, Frank N. (1999). The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 1376. ISBN 978-0-89356-316-5.
