1718 in art
Events from the year 1718 in art.
Events
- Arnold Houbraken publishes his biographical work De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen.
Paintings
- Jonathan Richardson – Alexander Pope and his dog, Bounce
- Jacob van Schuppen – Prince Eugene of Savoy
- Antoine Watteau – ''La Surprise''
Births
- January – Johann Melchior Kambly, Swiss sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo
- April 24 – Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter
- June 5 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker
- July 4 – Giambettino Cignaroli, Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period
- July 15 – Alexander Roslin, Swedish portrait painter
- August 16 – Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Swiss painter
- August 28 – Claude-Henri Watelet, French fermier-général, amateur painter and writer on the arts
- September 25 – Martin Johann Schmidt, Austrian painter
- October 17 – Christoffer Foltmar, Danish painter of miniatures and organist date unknown
- * Joseph Bergler the Elder, Austrian sculptor
- * Giuseppe Camerata, Italian miniature painter and engraver
- * Nicolas Desportes, French painter of hunting scenes
- * James Giles, English artist in Worcester, Derby, Bow and Chelsea porcelain and also glass
- * Maria Maddalena Baldacci, Italian painter born in Florence probable – Agostino Carlini, Italian sculptor and painter
Deaths
- May 24 – Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith and portrait painter ) was the first American-born silversmith,
- May 29 – Giuseppe Avanzi, Italian painter
- December 25 – Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer, German sculptor and stuccoist
- December 28 – Jan Brokoff, German sculptor date unknown
- * Jan Griffier, Dutch painter
- * Juan Simón Gutiérrez, Spanish Baroque painter
- * Kanō Tanshin, Japanese painter
- * Wu Li, Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty probable
- * Josias English, English etcher
- * Giuseppe Laudati, Italian painter of the Baroque period
- * Girolamo Odam, Italian painter, pastel portraitist and landscape artist, as well as wood engraver
- * Pasquale Rossi, Italian painter of the Baroque period