1748 in art

Events from the year 1748 in art.

Events

 * The Paris Salon first introduces a jury.
 * Patience Lovell, the first recognized American-born sculptor, marries Joseph Wright.

Works

 * Canaletto – The South Façade of Warwick Castle (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid)
 * Maurice Quentin de La Tour – Marie Leszczyńska, Queen of France and Nazarre (pastels)
 * Robert Feke – Portrait of William Bowdoin
 * Thomas Gainsborough – Landscape in Suffolk
 * William Hogarth – The Gate of Calais, or O, the Roast Beef of Old England

Awards

 * Prix de Rome (for sculpture) – Augustin Pajou

Births

 * May 22 – Thomas Roberts, Irish Landscape artist (died 1778)
 * June 22 – John Carter, English draughtsman and architect (died 1817)
 * August 30, Jacques-Louis David, French painter (died 1825)
 * September 26 – Johann Sebastian Bach, German painter and grandson of the composer (died 1778)
 * October 9 – Jacob Adam, Austrian copper etcher (died 1811)
 * October 16 – Augustin Dupré, French engraver of French currency and medals (died 1833)
 * October 13 – Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, painter and art historian (died 1821)
 * date unknown
 * Antonio Carnicero, Spanish painter in the Neoclassical style (died 1814)
 * Christina Chalon, Dutch painter and etcher (died 1808)
 * Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor (died 1821)
 * Rosalie Duthé, French courtesan and artists' model (died 1830)
 * Charles Eschard, French painter, draftsman and engraver (died 1810)
 * Pierre-Charles Jombert, French painter (died 1825)
 * Louis Masreliez, Swedish painter and interior designer (died 1810)
 * John Ramage, Irish American goldsmith and miniaturist (died 1802)
 * Dionys van Dongen, Dutch painter (died 1819)
 * Marten Waefelaerts, Flemish 18th century landscape painter (died 1799)
 * 1748/1749: Henry Pelham, American painter, engraver, and cartographer (died 1806) (drowned)

Deaths

 * April 12 – William Kent, English architect and designer (born 1685)
 * May 5 – Alessandro Galli Bibiena, Italian architect and painter, eldest son of Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (born 1686)
 * June 11 – Felice Torelli, Italian from a family of painters, painter of altarpieces (born 1667)
 * August 14 – Thomas Germain, French silversmith (born 1673)
 * September 15 – Johann Georg Schmidt, Austrian Baroque painter (born 1685)
 * date unknown
 * Ferdinando del Cairo, Italian painter of the Baroque (born 1666)
 * Giovanni Casini, Italian portrait painter and sculptor (born 1689)
 * Giovanni Battista Lama, Italian painter, active mainly in Naples (born 1673)
 * Giovanni Pietro Ligario, Italian painter of historical pictures for churches and private collections (born 1686)
 * Henry Scheemakers, Flemish sculptor (born unknown)
 * Robert van Audenaerde, Flemish painter and engraver (born 1663)