1370s in art

The decade of the 1370s in art involved some significant events.

Events

• 1370: September 19 – Hundred Years' War: Siege of Limoges – The English retake the city from the French by storm with wide destruction, effectively ending the Limoges enamel industry
• 1378: Catherine of Siena – Dialogue of Divine Providence

Paintings

1372: Ni Zan paints his Rongxi Studio

Births

• 1378: Lorenzo Ghiberti – Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known for works in sculpture and metalworking (died 1455)
• 1376: Rossello di Jacopo Franchi – Italian painter (died 1457)
• 1375: Robert Campin – considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting (died 1444)
• 1375: Ottaviano Nelli – Italian quattrocento painter (died 1444)
• 1374: Jacopo della Quercia – Italian sculptor of the Italian Renaissance (died 1438)
• 1374: 'Abd al-Hayy – Persian illustrator and painter (died 1405)
• 1373: Bicci di Lorenzo – Italian painter and sculptor, active in Florence (died 1452)
• 1370: Guo Chun – imperial Chinese painter in the early Ming Dynasty (died 1444)
• 1370: Lorenzo Monaco – Florentine painter (died 1425)
• 1370: Cennino Cennini – Italian painter influenced by Giotto (died 1440)
• 1370: Gentile da Fabriano – Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style (died 1427)
• 1370: Xie Huan – Chinese painter of the early Ming Dynasty (died 1450)
• 1370: Conrad von Soest – German Gothic painter (died 1422)
• 1370: Jacobello del Fiore – Italian quattrocento painter (died 1439)

Deaths

• 1374: Ni Zan – Chinese artist considered to be one of the four "Late Yuan" masters (born 1301)
• 1373: Allegretto Nuzi – Italian painter (born 1315)
• 1370: Yang Weizhen – Chinese painter and calligrapher (born 1296)
• 1370: Giovanni di Agostino – Italian painter (born 1310)
• 1370: Gennaro di Cola – Italian Trecento painter active mainly in Naples (born 1320)

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