1736 in art

Events

Paintings

• Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin painted Woman Dishes, Scheurnd.

Births

• February 6 - Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German sculptor most famous for his collection of busts with extreme facial expressions (d. 1783)
• July 21 - Ulla Adlerfelt, Swedish painter and noblewoman (d. 1765)
• August 15 - Alexander Runciman, Scottish painter (d. 1785)
• November 18 - Anton Graff, portrait painter (d. 1813)
• November 30 - Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, painter and etcher (d. 1810)
• date unknown
  • Charlotta Cedercreutz, Swedish painter and noblewoman (d. 1815)
  • Fyodor Rokotov, Russian painter who specialized in portraits (d. 1809)

Deaths

• July 25 - Jean-Baptiste Pater, French rococo painter (b. 1695)
• August 14 - Victor Honoré Janssens, Flemish painter (b. 1658)
• September 13 - Gaspar van Wittel, Dutch landscape painter (b. 1653)
• date unknown
  • Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (b. 1653)
  • Niccolò Bambini, Italian painter (b. 1651)
  • Domenico Brandi, Italian painter primarily of still lifes of birds and animals, as well as pastoral landscapes (vedute) (b. 1683)
  • Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, Italian painter of frescoes, director of Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts (b. 1657)
  • Étienne Allegrain, French topographical painter (b. 1644)