Editing Timeline of art (section)

== 1840s ==
* '''[[1849 in art]]''' – [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood]] first exhibits
* '''[[1848 in art]]''' – Birth of [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Gustave Caillebotte]], Death of [[Thomas Cole]]
* '''[[1847 in art]]''' – Birth of [[Albert Pinkham Ryder]], [[Ralph Albert Blakelock]]
* '''[[1846 in art]]'''
* '''[[1845 in art]]'''
* '''[[1844 in art]]''' – Birth of [[Thomas Eakins]], [[Mary Cassatt]], [[Henri Rousseau]], and [[Edmonia Lewis]]; [[J. M. W. Turner]] paints ''[[Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway|Rain, Steam and Speed]]''
* '''[[1843 in art]]'''
* '''[[1842 in art]]''' – [[J. M. W. Turner]] paints ''Peace – Burial at Sea''
* '''[[1841 in art]]''' – Birth of [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], [[Berthe Morisot]], Collapsible [[zinc]] [[oil paint]] [[Tube (container)|tube]] invented
* '''[[1840 in art]]''' – Birth of [[Claude Monet]]; Death of [[Caspar David Friedrich]]