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)
• 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)