1040s in art
The decade of the 1040s in art involved some significant events.
Paintings
Image:Fishermen's Evening Song - Detail.jpg|thumb|290px|Xu Daoning, Fishermen's Evening Song- Xu Daoning paints Fishermen's Evening Song 1049
Births
- 1045: Huang Tingjian – Chinese calligrapher, painter, and poet, one of the Four Masters of the Song Dynasty
- 1047: Cai Jing – Chinese government official and calligrapher
- 1049: Li Gonglin – Chinese painter and civil officer in the Northern Song dynasty