1320s in art

The decade of the 1320s in art involved some significant events.

Events

Art

Simone Martini, fresco detail depicting Saint Clare of Assisi, (1322–26), Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi

• 1322-1326: Simone Martini completes fresco depicting Saint Clare of Assisi in Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi
• 1328: Giotto Baroncelli – Altarpiece Polyptych, Baroncelli Chapel, Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence
• 1329:
  • Pietro Lorenzetti – Carmelite polyptych, and The Prophet Elisha
  • Lorenzo Maitani – The Eagle: Symbol of St John sculpture
  • Andrea Pisano commissioned to design bronze doors for the Florence Baptistery

Births

• 1325: Puccio Capanna – Italian painter of the first half of the 14th century, who lived and worked in Assisi
• 1325: Niccolò da Bologna – Italian manuscript illuminator (died 1403)
• 1324: Giottino – Italian painter from Florence (died 1369)
• 1322: Matteo Giovanetti - Italian religious-themed fresco painter (died 1368)
• 1320: Giusto de' Menabuoi – Italian painter of the early Renaissance (died 1391)
• 1320: Gennaro di Cola - Italian Trecento painter active mainly in Naples (died 1370)

Deaths

• 1328: Li Shixing – Chinese landscape painter during the Yuan Dynasty (born 1282)
• 1327: Ren Renfa – Chinese painter of horses, people, flowers and birds (born 1254)
• 1325: Filippo Rusuti - Italian painter and mosaicist (born 1255)
• 1322: Zhao Mengfu – Chinese scholar, painter and calligrapher during the Yuan Dynasty (born 1254)
• 1320: Li Kan – Chinese painter during the Yuan Dynasty (born 1245)
• 1320: Filippo Tesauro - Italian painter active mainly in Naples (born 1260)