1050s in art

The decade of the 1050s in art involved some significant events.

Events

• 1050: End of the Macedonian art period of Byzantine art

Births

• c.1050: Li Tang – Chinese landscape painter (died 1130)
• 1051: Mi Fu – Chinese painter of misty landscapes, poet, and calligrapher during the Song dynasty (died 1107)

Deaths

• 1057: Jōchō – Japanese sculptor of the Heian period (b. unknown)
• 1051/1053: Xu Daoning – Chinese painter of the Song dynasty (born 970)

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