1786 in art

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January 26 – Benjamin Haydon, English historical painter and writer (d. 1846)
April 1 – William Mulready, Irish genre painter of rural scenes (d. 1863)
April 16 – Albrecht Adam, painter (d. 1862)
July 5 – Charles Alfred Stothard, historical draughtsman (d. 1821)
July 9 – Rudolph Schadow, German sculptor (d. 1822)
August 28 – Ferdinand Piloty, lithographer (d. 1844)
October 10 – François-Édouard Picot, French historic painter (d. 1868)
date unknown
- Eugenie Margeurite Honoree Charen, French painter (d. 1824)
- James Frothingham, American painter (d. 1864)
- Kunisada, Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints (d. 1865)
- Kim Jeonghui, Korean calligrapher and artist (d. 1856)

January 8 – Johan Edvard Mandelberg, Swedish-born painter (b. 1730)
February 17 – Thomas Beckwith, English painter, genealogist and antiquary (b. 1731)
March 6 – Charles Germain de Saint Aubin, draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV of France (b. 1721)
April 12 – Francesco Saverio Mergalo, Italian portrait painter (b. 1746)
May 4 – Johann Kaspar Füssli, Swiss painter (b. 1743)
June 21 – George Hepplewhite, English furniture designer (b. 1727?)
October 17 – Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss landscape painter and etcher (b. 1723)
date unknown
- Alexander Cozens, British landscape-painter in water-colours and teacher of painting (b. 1717)
- Tilly Kettle, portrait painter (b. 1735)