2013 Event Artist Paul Emsley unveils the first official portrait of Catherine Duchess of Cambridge 2012 Event A painting by Francis Bacon sells at Christies for 21.3 million pounds; 'The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes' is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art sold at the auction house 1994 Death Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95 1991 Death Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82 1990 Event "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million 1989 Event Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" auctioned for $825M 1985 Death Robert Nathan, U.S. writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91 1947 Birthday Daphne Todd, president, Royal Society of Portrait Painters 1944 Death Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies 1939 Event Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres 1939 Birthday David Griffiths, portrait painter 1934 Birthday Duncan Thompson, keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1930 Birthday Vic Tayback, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper 1925 Death John Singer Sargent, U.S. portrait painter, dies at 69 1917 Birthday Heinrich Boll, Germ, writer, Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72, 1917 Birthday Heinrich Boll, Germ, writer, Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72, 1916 Birthday Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter 1911 Birthday Juliet Pannett, English portrait painter 1908 Birthday Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer, Life Magazine 1904 Birthday Peter Hurd, Roswell, New Mexico, painter, Portrait of Jose Herrera 1900 Birthday Sarah Miriam Peale, U.S., portrait painter, General Lafayette-1825 1898 Birthday Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter 1894 Birthday Robert Nathan, New York City, poet, novelist, Portrait of Jennie 1887 Death Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 1856 Birthday John Singer Sargent, U.S., portrait painter, Wyndham Sisters 1855 Birthday Olive Schreiner, South African writer, Portrait of a South African Woman 1849 Death Dolley Madison, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins, died at age 81 in Washington, D.C. 1839 Death French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 1837 Death Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter 1821 Birthday Linus Yale, U.S., portrait painter and inventor, Yale cylinder lock 1820 Birthday Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, Jahresringe 1809 Death Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43 1792 Death Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 1792 Death Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 1783 Birthday Thomas Sully, U.S. portrait painter, Queen Victoria 1778 Birthday Rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter, Court of Death 1772 Death John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 1771 Birthday French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter 1768 Birthday Dolley Madison, born in New Garden, North Carolina, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins 1759 Death Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67 1758 Birthday John Hoppner, portrait painter 1755 Birthday Gilbert Stuart, U.S., portrait painter, painted Washington 1741 Birthday Charles Willson Peale, U.S., portrait painter and inventor, George Washington 1729 Death Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60 1723 Birthday Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter, Simplicity 1719 Birthday Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter 1702 Death John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69 1697 Birthday Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter, Unseemly Love 1691 Birthday Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist 1688 Birthday Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter 1685 Birthday Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter 1684 Death Caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48 1669 Birthday Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter 1666 Death French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86 1662 Death Johannes C Verspronck, portrait painter, buried at about 64 1659 Birthday Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect 1633 Birthday Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher 1626 Birthday Marie de Sevigne, Paris, letter-writer, Portrait in Letters 1616 Death Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter and poet, buried at 68 1578 Death Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies 1548 Birthday Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter and poet
