1718 in art

List of years in art (table)
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Arnold Houbraken publishes his biographical work De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen ("The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and Woman Artists").

January - Johann Melchior Kambly, Swiss sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo (d. 1783)
April 24 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
June 5 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)
July 4 - Giambettino Cignaroli, Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period (d. 1770)
July 15 - Alexander Roslin, Swedish portrait painter (d. 1793)
August 16 - Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Swiss painter (d. 1781)
September 25 - Martin Johann Schmidt, Austrian painter (d. 1801)
date unknown - Maria Maddalena Baldacci, Italian painter born in Florence (died 1782)
probable - Agostino Carlini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1790)

May 29 - Giuseppe Avanzi, Italian painter (born 1645)
December 25 - Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer, German sculptor and stuccoist (b. 1660)
December 28 - Jan Brokoff, German sculptor (b. 1652)
date unknown
- Jan Griffier, Dutch painter (b. 1645 - 1652)
- Kanō Tanshin, Japanese painter (d. 1653)
- Wu Li, Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (b. 1632)
probable
- 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)