This section introduces the events that happened in 1756 in the art world. It sets the stage for looking at what artists were creating and how art was changing during that year. The focus is on key happenings rather than a single story. By starting with this overview, it prepares the reader for the details that follow. Overall, it frames 1756 as an important time for art and cultural activity. Richard Trevor, the Prince Bishop of Durham, buys 13 paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán for his palace at Auckland Castle. The works depict the patriarch Jacob and his 12 sons. This part of “1756 in art” lists several notable works and artists from the time. It includes portraits of important people by Batoni, Boucher, Hudson, Reynolds, and others, as well as more dramatic or creative subjects like Czechowicz’s religious scene and Zoffany’s self-portrait based on David and Goliath. In 1756, several artists were born, including Italian Neoclassical painter Gaspare Landi, French sculptor Joseph Chinard, and Scottish portrait painter Henry Raeburn. The list also includes engravers, painters, and caricaturists such as John Trumbull, Thomas Rowlandson, and James Gillray, along with artists born in later months whose details are sometimes missing, like Walter Beekerk and Gaspard Duché de Vancy. The entries note their likely death dates, ranging from 1788 to 1843. Several artists and art-related figures died in 1756, including German Rococo painter Christoph Thomas Scheffler, Dutch portrait engraver John Faber the Younger, English engraver George Vertue, and Mexican painter José de Ibarra. Other deaths included Dutch painter Bernard Accama, Ottoman calligrapher Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi, and multiple Chinese painters such as Li Shan, Hua Yan, and Zhang Zongcang.

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