1743 in art
Events from the year 1743 in art.
Works
- Canaletto paints Rome: View of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine, The Molo, Looking West, The Piazzetta, Looking North and Capriccio: The Horses of S. Marco in the Piazzetta
- Antonio Corradini sculpts The Vestal Virgin Tuccia
- Arthur Devis probably paints Mr and Mrs Atherton
- William Hogarth begins painting his Marriage à-la-mode series
- Andrea Soldi paints a Self-portrait
- Louis-Michel van Loo completes The Family of Philip V
- John Wootton
- * George II at the Battle of Dettingen
- * ''A View of Henley-on-Thames''
Births
- January 3 – Joseph-Benoît Suvée, Flemish painter
- March 5 – Jean-Simon Berthélemy, French history painter
- March 9 – Johann Kaspar Füssli, Swiss painter
- May 2 – William Parry, Welsh portrait painter
- July 24 – Giocondo Albertolli, Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor who was active in Italy
- September 11 – Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish Neoclassicist painter probable – Louis Jean Desprez, painter and architect date unknown
- * Jean-Laurent Mosnier, French painter and miniaturist
- * Erik Westzynthius the Younger, Finnish painter
Deaths
- January 3 – Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer/painter and author
- April 20 – Alexandre-François Desportes. French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animal works
- September 14 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter
- October 9 – Wenzel Lorenz Reiner, Czech Baroque painter
- October 20 – Michael Dahl, Swedish portrait painter
- December
- * Fra Galgario, Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch
- * Giuseppe Ghislandi, Italian painter from Bergamo
- December 27 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter of Catalan origin date unknown
- * Giacomo Antonio Arland, Italian painter
- * Antoine Aveline, French engraver
- * Pietro Paolo Cristofari, Italian artist responsible for a number of the mosaics in St. Peter's Basilica
- * Placido Campolo, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period
- * Girolamo Donnini, Italian painter of the Baroque period
- * Antonio Filocamo, Italian painter at various churches and oratories in Messina
- * Sarah Hoadly, English portrait painter
- * Ogata Kenzan, Japanese potter and painter
- * Giovanni Tuccari, Italian painter of battle scenes