1756 in art

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The Venetian Academy was co-founded by Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699–1760), also known as Gianantonio Guardi, an Italian painter, et al.

François Boucher (1703–1770) paints portraits of Madame de Pompadour.
John Singleton Copley paints pictures after Rococo influence.
Sir Joshua Reynolds paints portraits of Susanna Beckford and Captain Robert Orme.
Szymon Czechowicz paints Bishop Stanislaus bringing back to life Piotrawin.

January 6 – Gaspare Landi, Italian Neoclassical painter (d. 1830)
February 12 – Joseph Chinard, French sculptor who worked in a Neoclassical style (died 1813)
March 4 – Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (died 1823)
June 3 - Louis-François Cassas, French landscape painter, sculptor and architect (died 1827)
June 6 – John Trumbull, American painter (died 1843)
July 14 – Thomas Rowlandson, English artist and caricaturist (died 1827)
December 7 – Cornelis van Spaendonck, Dutch painter (died 1839)
(b. 1756/1758) – Francesco Piranesi, Italian engraver and architect (died 1810)

July 24 – George Vertue, English engraver and antiquary (born 1684)
November 21 - José de Ibarra, Mexican painter (b. 1688)
date unknown
- Bernard Accama, Dutch painter (born 1697)
- Li Shan, Chinese painter (b. 1686)
- Hua Yan, Chinese painter from Fujian province (b. 1682)
- Zhang Zongcang, Chinese painter in the Qing Dynasty (b. 1686)