The decade of the 1230s in art involved some significant events.
Births
- 1239: Gaddo Gaddi – Italian painter and mosaicist of Florence in a gothic art style (died 1312)
- 1238: Guglielmo Agnelli – Italian sculptor and architect, born in Pisa (died 1313)
- 1235: Qián Xuǎn – Chinese loyalist painter from Zhejiang during the Southern Song (died 1305)
- 1235: Chen Rong – Chinese painter of the Southern Song Dynasty (died 1262)
Deaths
- 1235: Cosimo Cosmati - Roman architect and sculptor, and worker in decorative geometric mosaic (born 1210)
- 1230: Benedetto Antelami – Italian architect and sculptor of the Romanesque school (born 1150)