1240s in art

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1230s . 1240s in art . 1250s

Art timeline

The decade of the 1240s in art involved some significant events.

Events

• 1248: April 26: Consecration of Sainte Chapelle, Paris, noted for its stained glass.

Paintings

• 1246: Ma Lin - 'The Wind in the Pines Listening

Births

• 1240: Cimabue – Italian painter and creator of mosaics from Florence (died 1302)
• 1240: Arnolfo di Cambio – Italian architect and sculptor (died 1300/1310)
• 1245: Araniko - Nepalese painter and architect (died 1306)
• 1245: Li Kan – Chinese painter during the Yuan Dynasty (died 1320)
• 1247: Yishan Yining - Chinese Buddhist monk calligrapher, writer, and teacher (died 1317)
• 1248: Gao Kegong – Chinese painter born during the Yuan dynasty (died 1310)

Deaths

• 1249: Wuzhun Shifan - Chinese painter, calligrapher, and prominent Zen Buddhist (born 1178)
• 1242: Bonaventura Berlinghieri – Italian painter of the Gothic period (born 1215)
• 1241: Fujiwara no Teika - Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar (born 1162)