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 ("The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and Woman Artists").

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 (died 1783)
 * April 24 – Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (died 1784)
 * June 5 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (died 1779)
 * July 4 – Giambettino Cignaroli, Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period (d. 1770)
 * July 15 – Alexander Roslin, Swedish portrait painter (died 1793)
 * August 16 – Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Swiss painter (died 1781)
 * August 28 – Claude-Henri Watelet, French fermier-général, amateur painter and writer on the arts (died 1786)
 * September 25 – Martin Johann Schmidt, Austrian painter (died 1801)
 * October 17 – Christoffer Foltmar, Danish painter of miniatures and organist (died 1759)
 * date unknown
 * Joseph Bergler the Elder, Austrian sculptor (died 1788)
 * Giuseppe Camerata, Italian miniature painter and engraver (died 1803)
 * Nicolas Desportes, French painter of hunting scenes (died 1787)
 * James Giles, English artist in Worcester, Derby, Bow and Chelsea porcelain and also glass (died 1780)
 * Maria Maddalena Baldacci, Italian painter born in Florence (died 1782)
 * probable – Agostino Carlini, Italian sculptor and painter (died 1790)

Deaths

 * May 24 – Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith and portrait painter (born 1645) ) was the first American-born silversmith,
 * May 29 – Giuseppe Avanzi, Italian painter (born 1645)
 * December 25 – Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer, German sculptor and stuccoist (born 1660)
 * December 28 – Jan Brokoff, German sculptor (born 1652)
 * date unknown
 * Jan Griffier, Dutch painter (born c. 1645–1652)
 * Juan Simón Gutiérrez, Spanish Baroque painter (born 1634)
 * Kanō Tanshin, Japanese painter (born 1653)
 * Wu Li, Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (born 1632)
 * probable
 * Josias English, English etcher (born unknown)
 * Giuseppe Laudati, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1672)
 * Girolamo Odam, Italian painter, pastel portraitist and landscape artist, as well as wood engraver (born 1681)
 * Pasquale Rossi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1641)