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18th-century visual artists

26 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adélaïde Labille-GuiardArtist · PaintingsAdélaïde Labille-Guiard (Labille; 11 April 1749 – 24 April 1803), also known as Adélaïde Labille-Guiard des Vertus, was a French miniaturist and portrait painter.
Alexander RoslinArtist · PaintingsAlexander Roslin (pron; spelled Alexandre in French, pron; 15 July 17185 July 1793) was a Swedish painter who worked in Scania, Bayreuth, Paris, Italy, Warsaw and St.
Angelica KauffmannEngraver · PrintsMaria Anna Angelika Kauffmann (30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss painter who had a successful career in London and Rome.
Charles Percier BassantDesigner · Modern designCharles Percier Bassant was a French architect, designer, artist and art educator (1764–1838). He was born in Paris.
François BoucherEngraver · PrintsFrançois Boucher (lang; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style.
François GérardIllustrator · IllustrationFrançois Pascal Simon Gérard (fʁɑ̃swa paskal simɔ̃ ʒeʁaʁ, 4 May 1770 – 11 January 1837), titled as Baron Gérard in 1809, was a French painter.
Henry FuseliIllustrator · IllustrationHenry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his career in Britain.
Jacob HübnerIllustrator · IllustrationJacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
James WardEngraver · PrintsJames Ward (23 October 1769 – 17 November 1859) was an English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver.
Jean Baptiste MadouEngraver · PrintsJean-Baptiste Madou (ʒɑ̃ batist madu; 3 February 1796, Brussels – 31 March 1877, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode) was a Belgian painter and lithographer.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresArtist · PaintingsJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter.
Jean-Pierre Norblin de La GourdaineEngraver · PrintsJean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine (Jan Piotr Norblin; 15 July 1745 – 23 February 1830) was a French painter, draughtsman, engraver and caricaturist.
Joshua ReynoldsArtist · PaintingsSir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits.
Karl von KügelgenArtist · PaintingsJohann Karl Ferdinand von Kügelgen (6 February 1772 –) also known as Carl Ferdinand von Kügelgen, was a landscape and history painter, a Russian court and cabinet painter in St.
Katsushika HokusaiEngraver · Prints
Louis Jean DesprezDesigner · DesignLouis Jean Desprez (occasionally but incorrectly Jean Louis Desprez) (28 May 1743–18 March 1804) was a French painter and architect who worked in Sweden during the last twenty years of his…
Maurice Quentin de La TourArtist · PaintingsMaurice Quentin de La Tour (5 September 1704 – 17 February 1788) was a French painter who specialised in portrait painting using pastels in the Rococo style.
Théodore GéricaultArtist · PaintingsJean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (lang; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer. His best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa.

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