1718 in art

Events

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Paintings

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Births

* April 24 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (died 1784)
* June 5 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (died 1779)
* Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Swiss painter (d. 1781)
* Johann Melchior Kambly, Swiss sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo (d. 1783)
* Agostino Carlini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1790)
* Maria Maddalena Baldacci - Italian painter born in Florence (died 1782)
* Giambettino Cignaroli - Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period (d. 1770)
* Alexander Roslin - Swedish portrait painter (d. 1793)
* Martin Johann Schmidt - Austrian painters of the late Baroque/Rococo (d. 1801)

Deaths

* May 29 - Giuseppe Avanzi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1645)
* Kanō Tanshin - Japanese painter (d. 1653)
* Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer - German sculptor and stuccoist (b. 1660)
* Giuseppe Laudati - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1672)
* Girolamo Odam - Italian painter, pastel portaitist and landscape artist, as well as wood engraver (b. 1681)
* Pasquale Rossi - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1641)
* Wu Li - Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (b. 1632)