1390s in art

1380s . 1390s in art . 15th century

Art timeline

The decade of the 1390s in art involved some significant events.

Paintings

Artist:Unknown, Wilton Diptych (c. 1395–99) tempera on wood, each section 47.5 cm × 29.2 cm. National Gallery, London

• 1394: "Oratorio of St. Andrea" – series of paintings from the school of Giotto, San Crispolto church, Bettona
• 1394: Master Bertram of Minden paints a Crucifixion
• c. 1395–1399: "Wilton Diptych" painted by an unknown artist

Births

• 1399/1400: Rogier van der Weyden – one of the greatest of the school of Early Netherlandish painting (died 1464)
• 1399/1403: Giovanni di Paolo – Italian painter and illustrator of manuscripts (died 1482)
• 1398: Zhu Zhanji, Xuande Emperor – Emperor of China who was also a painter, especially of animals (died 1435)
• 1398: Conrad Witz – German painter, active mainly in Basel, Switzerland (died 1446)
• 1397: Borghese di Piero Borghese – Italian painter of the Florentine School and Renaissance art (died 1463)
• 1397: Paolo Uccello – Italian painter who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art (died 1475)
• 1397: Nōami – Japanese painter and renga poet in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate (died 1471)
• 1396: Jacopo Bellini – one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venice and northern Italy (died 1470)
• 1396: Du Qiong – Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty (died 1474)
• 1396: Michelozzo – Italian architect and sculptor (died 1472)
• 1395: Fra Angelico – Early Italian Renaissance painter (died 1455)
• 1395: Pisanello – painter of the early Italian Renaissance and Quattrocento (died 1455)
• 1395: Jacques Morel – French sculptor (died 1459)
• 1395: Jan van Eyck – Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges (died 1441)
• 1393: Piero di Niccolo Lamberti – Italian sculptor (died 1451)
• 1392: Sassetta – Italian painter (died 1450)
• 1390: Gregorio di Cecco – Italian painter of the Sienese School during the early Renaissance (died unknown)

Deaths

• 1399: Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci – Italian painter (born 1339)
• 1399: Peter Parler – German architect, best known for building Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague (born 1300)
• 1396: Agnolo Gaddi – Italian painter (died 1350)
• 1393: Fang Congyi – Chinese painter in Yuan Dynasty (born 1302)
• 1392: Hermann von Münster – German master glassmaker (born 1330)
• 1391: Giusto de' Menabuoi – Italian painter of the early Renaissance (born 1320)
• 1390: Altichiero – Italian painter of the Gothic style (born 1330)