1761 in art

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Events

May - John Opie, historical and portrait painter (died 1807)
October 11 - Mather Brown, portrait and historical painter (died 1831)
November 4 - Bertrand Andrieu, French engraver and medalist (died 1822)
December 1 - Marie Tussaud, wax modeller of the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (died 1850)
Joachim Christian Reinhart, German painter and etcher (died 1847)
Sakai Hōitsu - Japanese painter of the Rinpa school (died 1828)
Robert Fagan - Irish painter, diplomat and archaeologist (died 1816)
Léopold Boilly - French painter (died 1845)
Zhang Yin - Chinese calligrapher and painter of Qing Dynasty (died 1829)

April 4 - Theodore Gardelle, painter and enameller (executed) (born 1722)
August 18 - François Gaspard Adam, French rococo sculptor (born 1710)
Edward Haytley, English portrait and landscape painter (born 1740)
August Querfurt, painter (born 1696)
Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov, painter (b. 1699)
Francescantonio Coratoli - Italian painter of frescoes (b. 1671)
Ottone Hamerani - Italian medallist (b. 1694)
Johann Georg Platzer - Austrian painter of primarily historical and mythical scenes (b. 1704)