1736 in art
Events from the year 1736 in art.
Events
*Paintings
- Bernard Accama – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
- Canaletto – View of the Riva degli Schiavoni
- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – Woman Scouring Dishes
- William Hogarth
- * Christ at the Pool of Bethesda
- * Four Times of the Day
- Clemente Ruta – Extasis of St. Peter of Alcantara
- Samuel Scott – A Danish Timber Bark Getting Under Way
- Willem Van der Hagen – ''View of Waterford''
Births
- February 5 – Joaquín Inza y Ainsa, Spanish Baroque painter
- February 6 – Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German sculptor most famous for his collection of busts with extreme facial expressions
- February 19 – Simon Charles Miger, French engraver
- June 22 – Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy, French painter primarily of naval scenes
- July 21 – Ulla Adlerfelt, Swedish painter and noblewoman
- August 7 – Johann Nepomuk della Croce, Austrian painter
- August 15 – Alexander Runciman, Scottish painter
- October 28 - Martin Ferdinand Quadal, Moravian-Austrian painter and engraver
- November 18 – Anton Graff, Swiss portrait painter
- November 30 – Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French painter and etcher date unknown
- * Andrea-Salvatore Aglio, Italian sculptor and painter on marble
- * Christopher Barber, English miniature painter
- * Charlotta Cedercreutz, Swedish painter and noblewoman
- * Fyodor Rokotov, Russian painter specializing in portraits
Deaths
- April 2 – Étienne Allegrain, French topographical painter
- July 3 - Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, Italian painter of frescoes, director of Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts
- July 25 – Jean-Baptiste Pater, French rococo painter
- August 14 – Victor Honoré Janssens, Flemish painter
- September 13 – Gaspar van Wittel, Dutch landscape painter
- October 23 - Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter
- December - Antonina Houbraken, Dutch printmaker and drafter date unknown
- * Niccolò Bambini, Italian painter
- * Domenico Brandi, Italian painter primarily of still lifes of birds and animals, as well as pastoral landscapes
- * Miguel del Aguila, Spanish historical painter
- * Chen Shu, Chinese painter