1745 in art

Events from the year 1745 in art.

Events

Hieronimo Miani completes the decoration of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen.

Hogarth – David Garrick as Richard III

February 2 – John Nichols (printer), English printer and author (died 1826)
March 5 – Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, Swedish portrait painter (died 1797)
March 29 – John Russell, English portrait painter (died 1806)
May 5 – Carl August Ehrensvärd, Swedish naval officer, painter, author and neo-classical architect (died 1800)
May 12 – Jens Juel, Danish portrait painter (died 1802)
June 16 – Sigmund Freudenberger, Swiss painter (died 1801)
June 26 – Nils Schillmark, Swedish-born painter who lived and worked in Finland (died 1804)
July 6 – Jean-Joseph Taillasson, French painter (died 1809)
August 3 – Domenico Pozzi, Swiss painter (died 1796)
October 6 – Franciszek Smuglewicz, Polish draughtsman and painter (died 1807)
date unknown
- Luigi Acquisti, Italian sculptor mainly known for his works in the neoclassical style (died 1823)
- Pyotr Drozhdin, Russian painter] (died 1805)
- Anne Forbes, Scottish portrait painter (died 1834)
- Gim Hongdo, Korean painter of the late Joseon period (died 1806)
- Anton Hickel, Czech painter (died 1798)
- Yi In-mun, Korean court painter of the late Joseon Dynasty, primarily of landscapes (died 1821)
- Francis Jukes, English etcher, engraver and publisher (died 1812)
- Pierre Lacour, French painter (died 1814)
- Wincenty de Lesseur, Polish portrait painter (died 1813)
- Uragami Gyokudo, Japanese musician, painter, poet and calligrapher (died 1820)
- 1745/1749: Gottlieb Welté, German etcher and landscape painter (died 1792)

February 23 – Joseph Effner, German architect and interior decorator (born 1687)
May 28 – Jonathan Richardson, English portrait painter, writer on art and collector (born 1667)
June 13 – Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (born 1678)
June 28 – Giovanni Maria delle Piane, court painter (born 1660)
September 14 – Martino Altomonte, Italian fresco painter (born 1657)
December 19 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Dutch painter (born 1684)
date unknown
- Pietro Giovanni Abbati, Italian set designer, painter and engraver (born 1683)
- Claude Du Bosc, French engraver (born 1682)
- Mehmet Emin Tokadi, Ottoman Sufi saint, writer, calligrapher, and scholar (born 1664)
- Willem Van der Hagen, Dutch painter who settled in Ireland, founder of the Irish school of landscape painting (born unknown)
probable – Johan Richter, painter of landscapes or vedute of Venice (born 1665)