Find out more about the greatest 18th Century Artists, including William Blake, Jacques-Louis David, Eugène Delacroix, Caspar David Friedrich and Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.
William Blake28 November 1757, British
Painter
Francisco Goya30 March 1746, Spanish
Painters
J. M. W. Turner23 April 1775, British
Romanticist landscape painter
Katsushika Hokusai31 October 1760, Japanese
Artist
Samuel Morse27 April 1791, American
Painter
Jacques-Louis David30 August 1748, French
Neoclassical Style Painter
Eugène Delacroix26 April 1798, French
Painter
John James Audubon26 April 1785, American
Naturalist, Painter, Ornithologist
John Constable11 June 1776, British
Romantic Painter
Thomas Gainsborough14 May 1727, British
Landscape painter
Mikhail Lomonosov19 November 1711, Russian
Scientist, Poet, Geologist, Astronomer
E. T. A. Hoffmann24 January 1776, Prussian
Author
John Singleton Copley1738 AD, American
Anglo-American painter
Camille Corot16 July 1796, French
French painter
William Hogarth10 November 1697, British
Painter, Caricaturist, Illustrator, Graphic artist
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres29 August 1780, French
Painter, Politician, Portrait painter, Teacher,
Joshua Reynolds16 July 1723, British
Painter
Grandma Moses07 September 1860, American
Painter, Illustrator
Hiroshige1797 AD, Japanese
painter
Louis Daguerre18 November 1787, French
Artist
Henry Fuseli07 February 1741, Swiss, British
Writer
François Boucher29 September 1703, French
Painter, Engraver
Jean-Honoré FragonardFrench
John TrumbullAmerican
Gilbert Stuart03 December 1755, American
Portrait painter, Painter
Giovanni Battista Piranesi04 October 1720, Belarusian, Italian
Italian artist, Etching
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin02 November 1699, French
Painter, Artist
Angelica Kauffman30 October 1741, Swiss, British
Painter
Benjamin WestAmerican
Utamaro1753 AD, Japanese
painter
Joseph Wright of Derby03 September 1734, British
Painter, Artist
Joseph Ducreux26 June 1735, French
Painter
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George Stubbs24 August 1724, British
painter, non-fiction writer
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange02 November 1709
Politician, Painter
Thomas Lawrence13 April 1769, British
painter
Charles Willson Peale15 April 1741, American
Painter
Thomas Rowlandson13 June 1756, British
caricaturist, painter, illustrator, artist,
Paul Delaroche17 July 1797, French
Painter, Artist
Francesco Hayez10 February 1791, Italian
Painter
Rachel Ruysch03 June 1664, Dutch
Botanical illustrator, Painter
Ary Scheffer10 February 1795, French
painter, sculptor
Kobayashi Issa15 June 1763, Japanese
Poet, Painter, Writer
William Etty10 March 1787, British
Painter
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson05 January 1767, French
Painter
Anton Raphael Mengs22 March 1728, Czech, German
painter, art historian
Bernardo Bellotto30 January 1721, Polish
Painter, Graphic artist
Horace Vernet30 June 1789, French
Painter
Antoine-Jean Gros16 March 1771, French
Painter, Artist
Jean-Baptiste Greuze21 August 1725, French
Painter
Benjamin Haydon26 January 1786, British
Painter
Kunisada1786 AD, Japanese
painter
Rembrandt Peale22 February 1778, American
Painter, Curator
Hubert Robert22 May 1733, French
Curator, Painter
Pompeo Batoni25 January 1708, Italian
Painter
Philipp Otto Runge23 July 1777, German
Painter
Jean-Antoine Houdon20 March 1741, French
sculptor
Maurice Quentin de La Tour05 September 1704, French
Painter
Joseph Karl Stieler01 November 1781, German
Painter
François Rude04 January 1784, French
Sculptor
Jean-Étienne Liotard22 December 1702, Swiss, French
Painter
Matthew Lyon14 July 1749, American
Politician
Wolfgang von Kempelen23 January 1734, Hungarian
Engineer, Writer, Painter, Playwright, Chess
Francesco Guardi05 October 1712, Italian
Painter
Johann Zoffany13 March 1733, British
Louis-Léopold BoillyFrench
Philip James de Loutherbourg31 October 1740, French, British
Painter
Claude Joseph Vernet14 August 1714, French
Painter
John Flaxman06 July 1755, British
Painter, Poet, Sculptor, Illustrator
John WatsonAmerican
Joseph LangeAustrian
Antoine-Louis Barye24 September 1795, French
painter, sculptor, founder
Merry-Joseph BlondelFrench
Washington AllstonAmerican
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun16 April 1755, French
Joshua JohnsonAmerican
Marie-Guillemine BenoistFrench
Jean-Baptiste DebretFrench
Nicolas-Jacques ContéFrench
Joseph Anton KochAustrian
John VanderlynAmerican
Johann Nepomuk della CroceAustrian
Martin van MeytensAustrian
Ralph EarlAmerican
Raphaelle PealeAmerican
Jacob CatsDutch
William WilliamsAmerican
William Turner12 November 1789, British
painter
Paul TrogerAustrian
Johann Baptist von Lampi the ElderAustrian
Barbara KrafftAustrian
Caspar van WittelDutch
John Martin19 July 1789, British
engraver, painter
James PealeAmerican
Jacob de WitDutch
George Romney26 December 1734, British
painter
Josef AbelAustrian