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Events
- April 8 - The British National Gallery first opens to the public in the building purpose-designed for it by William Wilkins in Trafalgar Square, London.
- August 31 - David Roberts sets sail for Egypt, with the encouragement of J. M. W. Turner, to produce a series of drawings for use as the basis for the paintings and lithographs.
Works
- Asher B. Durand - Dance on the Battery in the Presence of Peter Stuyvesant
- Eugène Delacroix - Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand (unfinished; later separated)
Births
- June 11 - Mariano Fortuny, painter (d. 1874)
- September 18 – Anton Mauve, painter (d. 1888)
- November 18 – William Keith, painter (d. 1911)
- December 31 – Jules Dalou, sculptor (d. 1902)
Deaths
- May 10 - José Aparicio, Spanish painter of the Neoclassic period (b. 1773)
- September 5 – Charles Percier, architect and designer (b. 1764)
- date unknown
- John O'Keeffe, Irish portrait and figure painter (b. 1797)
- Josef Grassi, Austrian painter especially of portraits (b. 1757)