1765 in art

Events from the year 1765 in art.

Events

June 12 – The death of General John Guise in London activates his 1760 bequest of a large collection of Old Master paintings to his alma mater, Christ Church, Oxford, where they are assembled in 1767 as the foundation of Christ Church Picture Gallery.
September 23 - G. Van Oostrum's collection of paintings is sold at auction in The Hague. Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image is lot 241.
The Uffizi in Florence is officially opened to the public as an art gallery.
Irish sculptor Christopher Hewetson and American painter Henry Benbridge arrive in Rome, where Hewetson settles.
The Hermitage Museum acquires the art collection of Heinrich von Brühl, including Perseus and Andromeda by Rubens.

Image:Wilson-avernus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Richard Wilson, Lake Avernus I

February 21 – Michał Ceptowski, Bavarian born stucco artist who settles and worked in Poland
March 3 – Francesco Alberi, Italian painter of historical scenes and frescoes
March 7 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor and pioneer photographer
April 1 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian artist
May 7 – Giovanni Monti, Italian landscape painter
May 13 – Vieira Portuense, Portuguese painter
June 10 – Cladius Detlev Fritzsch, also known as C. D. Fritzsch, Danish flower painter
December 3 – Adélaïde Dufrénoy, French poet and painter from Brittany
date unknown
*Pietro Bonato, Italian painter and engraver
*Edme-François-Étienne Gois, French sculptor
*Thomas Kirk, British painter and engraver
*Domenico Vantini, Italian painter specializing in portrait miniatures
*1765/1770 – Fryderyk Bauman, Polish architect and sculptor-decorator