Events from the year 1689 in art.

Events

• King William III of England commissions the Cartoon Gallery at Hampton Court Palace from Sir Christopher Wren to house Raphael's drawings of the Acts of the Apostles.
• John Riley is appointed court painter to William III and Mary II in England.

Paintings

• Meindert Hobbema – The Avenue at Middelharnis
• Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of Isaac Newton

Births

• July – Szymon Czechowicz, Polish painter (died 1775)
• November 24 – Frans van Mieris jr., Dutch painter (died 1763)
• date unknown
  • Jiao Bingzhen, Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty (died 1726)
  • Giovanni Casini, Italian portrait painter as well as a sculptor (died 1748)
  • Gaspare Diziani, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Roccoco period (died 1767)
  • Ferdinando Porta, Italian painter and engraver (died 1767)
  • Franz de Paula Ferg, Austrian landscape painter (died 1740)
  • Agostino Veracini, Italian painter and engraver (died 1762)
  • Johann Salomon Wahl, German painter who became court painter in Denmark (died 1765)

Deaths

• January 6 – Baldassare Franceschini, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1611)
• June 10 – Christophe Veyrier, French sculptor (born 1637)
• June 21 – Thomas Blanchet, French painter, draughtsman, architect, sculptor and printmaker (born 1614)
• August 9 – Dionisio Lazzari, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1617)
• September 13 – Ciro Ferri, Italian Baroque sculptor and painter (born 1634)
• November 3 – Fyodor Zubov, Russian painter, engraver, miniaturist and illuminator (born 1615)
• November 12 – Justus de Verwer, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1625)
• November 16 – Cornelis Mahu, Flemish painter (born 1613)
• date unknown
  • Alexander Coosemans, Flemish Baroque still-life painter (born 1627)
  • Fabio Cristofari, Italian Baroque painter and mosaicist (born unknown)
  • Gioseffo Danedi, Italian painter (born 1618)
  • Charles Errard, French painter, architect and engraver (born 1606)
  • Gong Xian, Chinese painter (born 1618)
  • William Lodge, English engraver and printmaker (born 1649)
  • Pietro Montanini, Italian painter (born 1619)
  • Cristoforo Serra, Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops (born 1600)