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.

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

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)

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)