1711 in art

Events

• Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts established in Brussels.

Kneller's portrait of Sir Christopher Wren

Paintings

• Manuel Arellano paints the earliest prototypes of the casta genre works.
• Sir Godfrey Kneller paints Sir Christopher Wren.

Births

• March 5 - Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist and painter (died 1793)
• date unknown - Jacopo Marieschi, Italian vedute painter (died 1794)
• probable
  • Prince Hoare, English sculptor (died 1769)
  • Miguel Posadas, Spanish painter (died 1753)
  • Giuseppe Zocchi, Italian veduta painter and printmaker (died 1767)

Deaths

• January 24 – Jean Bérain the Elder, draughtsman and designer, painter and engraver (born 1640)
• ?June – Gerard de Lairesse, Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist (born 1640/1641)
• December 18 – Louis de Deyster, Flemish painter (born 1656)
• date unknown
  • Maria Vittoria Cassana, Italian painter of the late-Baroque (b. unknown)
  • John Closterman, portrait painter (born 1660)
  • Francisco Leonardoni, Italian painter active mainly in Spain (born 1654)
  • Domenico Maria Viani, Italian painter of churches, born in Bologna (born 1668)