1140s in art
The decade of the 1140s in art involved some significant events.
Works
Image:France Chartres JesseTree c1145 a.JPG|thumb|right|200px|unknown artist, oldest known Jesse Tree window, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1145- 1145: oldest known Jesse Tree window completed
- 1148: The illuminated manuscript Parc Abbey Bible was completed
Births
- 1140: Liang Kai - Chinese painter, also known as Madman Liang,
- 1142: Fujiwara Takanobu – Japanese nise-e painter
Deaths
- 1145: Zhang Zeduan – Chinese painter during the transitional period from the Northern Song to the Southern Song Dynasty
- 1142: Yue Fei - Chinese military general and calligrapher
- 1140: Toba Sōjō – Japanese astronomer and artist-monk, said to be the artist of the famous picture scroll Chōjū-giga