Eighteenth Century
See also Palace of Versailles, Louis XV of France, Madame de Pompadour, Rococo, Louis XVI of France, Neoclassicism, Enlightenment, Gobelins. For art criticism, see Denis Diderot
- Alexis Simon Belle (1674–1734)
- Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752) (son of François) painter
- Marie-Anne Horthemels (1682-1727) engraver
- Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) painter
- Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745) painter
- Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766) painter
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755) painter
- Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels (1686–1767) engraver
- François Lemoyne (1688–1737) painter
- Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743) painter
- Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694–1752) painter, art commentator, and playwright
- Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695–1736) painter
- Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) painter
- Charles Joseph Natoire (1700–1777) painter
- Louis-François Roubiliac (1702–1762) sculptor
- Jean Etienne Liotard (1702–1789) painter
- François Boucher (1703–1770) painter, engraver
- Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704–1788) painter
- Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704–1778) painter, sculptor
- Charles-André van Loo (Carle Van Loo) (1705–1765) (brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
- Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771) (son of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
- Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714–1785) sculptor
- Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789) painter
- Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (1715–1783) painter
- Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716–1791) sculptor
- Joseph-Marie Vien (1716–1809) painter
- Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795) (son of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
- Charles Germain de Saint Aubin (1721–1786) engraver, embroidery designer
- Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805) painter
- François-Hubert Drouais (Drouais le fils) (1727–1775) painter
- Jean-Baptiste Defernex (1729–1783) sculptor
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) painter
- Jean-Jacques Durameau (1733–1796) painter
- Hubert Robert (1733–1808) painter, engraver
- Marie-Suzanne Giroust (1734–1772), painter
- Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802) painter
- Étienne de La Vallée Poussin (1735–1802) French history painter and creator of interior decorative schemes
- Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe (1761–1824), painter
- Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1735–1784) painter
- Nicolas Benjamin Delapierre (1739–c1800) painter
- Jean Antoine Houdon (1741–1828) sculptor
- Jean Michel Moreau (Moreau the younger) (1741–1814) engraver
- Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744–1818) painter
- Jacques Louis David (1748–1825) painter
- Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750–1817) portrait artist
- Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (1751–1824) portrait and landscape artist
- Antoine Berjon (1754–1843) painter and designer
- Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754–1829)
- Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (1755–1842) painter
- Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy (1757–1841) painter known for his landscapes
- Pierre Prudhon (1758–1823) painter
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