Luis Sanguino dies at age 91
Luis Sanguino, the Spanish sculptor known for monumental bronze works in Spain and the Americas, died on July 12, 2026. Born Luis Antonio Sanguino de Pascual in Barcelona on August…
Famous Dead Artists: Recent Artist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 4,000 obituaries of famous dead artists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Serge Malenfant dead
Serge Malenfant, a Canadian painter, died on July 12, 2026, in Sherbrooke. He was best known for trompe-l'œil murals created for the city of Sherbrooke, beginning with a work installed…
Chris Scheuer dead at age 73
Chris Scheuer, an Austrian comic book author and illustrator, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Graz on September 19, 1952, he built a career…
Jun Isezaki has died at age 90
Jun Isezaki, a Japanese potter and ceramicist, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Bizen on February 20, 1936, he studied at Okayama University and…
Bob Farrell has died at age 77
Bob Farrell, an American Christian musician and songwriter best known for his work in the duo Farrell and Farrell, died on July 11, 2026. He was 77. Formed in 1977…
Chua Mia Tee has died at age 94
Chua Mia Tee died on July 10, 2026. He was a Chinese-born Singaporean painter. Born on Nov. 25, 1931, he was 94. Tags Artists, 10 July 2026, China, Chua, Sagittarius,…
Max Eiselin dead at age 94
Max Eiselin, the Swiss expedition leader who organized the 1960 ascent of Dhaulagiri, died on July 9, 2026. Born on January 8, 1932, in Kriens, he was a trained businessman…
Obituary: Kathy Muehlemann, dead at age 76
Kathy Muehlemann, an American abstract painter and professor of art, died on July 9, 2026, at age 76. Born in Austin in 1950, she earned a B.F.A. from Empire State…
François About obituary: died at age 86
François About, the French film director and photographer, died on July 7, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Nancy on September 1, 1939, he trained at the École…
Tadeusz Baranowski dead at age 81
Tadeusz Baranowski died on July 7, 2026. He was a Polish painter and comic book artist. Tags Actors, Artists, 07 July 2026, Baranowski, Poland, Tadeusz, July 2026, July 7
Sharon Dede Padi obituary: died at age 50
Sharon Dede Padi died on July 7, 2026. She was a Ghanaian painter and poet. Padi also worked as a project manager and was employed at Accra Technical University. She…
Luisa Cunha passes away at age 77
Luisa Cunha died on July 6, 2026. She was a Portuguese painter. Tags Artists, 06 July 2026, Cancer, Cunha, Luisa, Portugal, July 2026, July 6
Albert Sous dead at age 91
Albert Sous died on July 4, 2026. He was a German sculptor. Tags Artists, 04 July 2026, Albert, Germany, Sous, Taurus, July 2026, July 4
Fausto Delle Chiaie passed away at age 82
Fausto Delle Chiaie died on July 4, 2026. He was an Italian artist. Tags Artists, 04 July 2026, Aquarius, Chiaie, Fausto, Italy, July 2026, July 4
Bruno Lucchesi dies at age 99
Bruno Lucchesi died on July 3, 2026. He was an Italian-American sculptor. Born in Lucca on July 31, 1926, Lucchesi was known for his work as an artist and sculptor.…
Atia Islam Anne has died at age 64
Atia Islam Anne died on July 2, 2026. She was an artist. Tags Artists, 02 July 2026, Anne, Atia, Cancer, July 2, July 2026
André Romus dies at 89
André Romus died on July 1, 2026. He was a Belgian painter and television director. Born on November 27, 1936, in Theux, he also worked as a film director. Romus…
Akiko Hayashi has died at age 81
Akiko Hayashi died on July 1, 2026. She was a Japanese illustrator. Tags Artists, 01 July 2026, Akiko, Hayashi, Japan, Pisces, Suwa, July 1, July 2026
Frank Polson dead at age 74
Frank Polson died on June 30, 2026. He was a French painter and sculptor. No other details about his life or career were immediately available. Tags Artists, 30 June 2026,…
Tami Bezaleli dead at age 73
Tami Bezaleli died on June 29, 2026. Tags Artists, Writers, 29 June 2026, Bezaleli, Israel, Tami, June 2026, June 29
Franco Devescovi dies at 83
Franco Devescovi died on June 29, 2026. He was an Italian cartoonist. Tags Artists, 29 June 2026, Devescovi, Franco, Italy, June 2026, June 29
Jaroslav Sýbek death at age 76
Jaroslav Sýbek died on June 29, 2026. Tags Artists, 29 June 2026, Czechia, Jaroslav, June 2026, June 29, Sýbek
Mustafa Monwar dead at age 90
Mustafa Monwar, a Bangladeshi painter and sculptor, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 90 after pneumonia complicated by prostate cancer. Born on September 1, 1935, in Jashore,…
Rune Mields, died aged 91
Rune Mields died on June 27, 2026. Tags Artists, 27 June 2026, Germany, Mields, Rune, June 2026, June 27
Konstantin Khudyakov passed away at age 81
Konstantin Khudyakov, a Russian painter, architect and designer, died on June 27, 2026, at age 81. He was part of the Russian and Soviet art worlds and was educated at…
Konstantin Khudyakov passed away at age 81
Konstantin Khudyakov died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 81. He was a Russian painter, architect and designer. Born on January 2, 1945, in Tsarevshchina, he studied at…
Kurt Ard death at age 100
Kurt Ard, a Danish illustrator, painter and graphic artist, died on June 26, 2026. He was 100. Born in Copenhagen in December 1925, Ard became known for cover art for…
Onai Quiñonez passes away at age 32
Onai Quiñonez, a Venezuelan painter and cellist, died on June 24, 2026. He was born in Tovar, Mérida, in 1993 and studied cello at the Cátedra Latinoamericana de Violonchelo. Quiñonez…
Obituary: János Németh, dead at age 92
János Németh died on June 22, 2026. He was a sculptor. Tags Artists, 22 June 2026, Hungary, János, June 2026, June 22, Németh
Obituary: János Németh, dead at age 92
János Németh died on June 22, 2026. He was a sculptor. Tags Artists, 22 June 2026, Hungary, Pisces, János, June 2026, June 22, Németh
Edin Numankadić dead at age 78
Edin Numankadić, a Bosnian visual artist, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Sarajevo on June 13, 1948, he studied at the Pedagogical Academy in…
Yaacov Agam passed away at age 98
Yaacov Agam, the Israeli sculptor and experimental artist celebrated for his contributions to optical and kinetic art, died on June 21, 2026, at age 98. Born Yaakov Gipstein in Rishon…
Death of Jeff Olson at age 77
Jeff Olson, an American visual effects artist whose work helped shape films including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Trek and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, died on…
Death of Jeff Olson at age 77
Jeff Olson died June 21, 2026. Tags Artists, 21 June 2026, Jeff, Olson, Virgo, June 2026, June 21
Obituary: Mireille Bastin, dead at age 83
Mireille Bastin, a Belgian painter, died on June 20, 2026, at age 83. Born in Uccle on March 30, 1943, she worked as a self-taught artist in the naïve style…
Yuri Vashchenko passes away at age 85
Yuri Vashchenko died on June 19, 2026, in Moscow. He was 85. Vashchenko was a Russian graphic artist and book illustrator, born in Moscow on June 16, 1941. He studied…
Death of Valeriu Sepi at age 80
Valeriu Sepi died on June 19, 2026. Tags Artists, 19 June 2026, Romania, Sepi, Valeriu, June 19, June 2026
Kirsti Sparboe passed away at age 79
Kirsti Sparboe, a Norwegian singer and actress, died on June 19, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on December 7, 1946, in Tromsø, Norway, she began her career in…
Sally Brayley dies at 88
Sally Brayley, a Canadian-American ballet dancer, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in London in 1937 to Canadian parents and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia,…
George Rowlett has died at age 84
George Rowlett, a British painter, died on June 18, 2026. Tags Artists, 18 June 2026, Britain, Cancer, George, Rowlett, June 18, June 2026
Semyon Skrepetsky died at age 45
Semyon Skrepetsky, a Russian artist, activist and blogger, died on June 15, 2026, at age 45. Born Robert Kuzovkov in Altai Krai in 1981, he became known for political caricature,…
Danny Simmons dies at 72
Danny Simmons, an American abstract expressionist painter, died on June 15, 2026, at age 72. Born Daniel Simmons Jr. on August 17, 1953, in New York, he worked as a…
Semyon Skrepetsky died at age 45
Semyon Skrepetsky died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 45. He was a Russian artist known as a painter, musician and blogger. Born in Altai Krai in 1981,…
Győző Somogyi dies at age 83
Győző Somogyi died on June 14, 2026. He was a Hungarian graphic artist and painter. No cause of death was given. Tags Artists, 14 June 2026, Hungary, Somogyi, Győző, June…
Görel Hanser dies at age 76
Görel Hanser, a Swedish record company executive and talent manager known for her work with ABBA, died on June 13, 2026. She was 76. Born Görel Kristina Johnsen on June…
Portchie has died at age 62
Portchie died on June 12, 2026. He was a South African painter and sculptor. Tags Artists, 12 June 2026, Portchie, June 12, June 2026, South Africa
Görel Johnsen died at age 77
Görel Johnsen, a Swedish record company executive who played a central role at Polar Music, died on June 12, 2026. She was 77. Born Görel Kristina Johnsen in Skultorp, Sweden,…
Pauls Butkēvičs dies at 85
Pauls Butkēvičs, the Latvian actor known for I Remember Everything, Richard, Four White Shirts and Long Road in the Dunes, died on June 12, 2026. He was 85. Born in…
David Hockney dies at age 88
David Hockney, the English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, on July…
Obituary: Philip Booth, dead at age 66
Philip Booth, a British-Canadian singer known for the song “Ulterior Motives,” died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 66. Born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on…
Margaret Kerry passes away at age 97
Margaret Kerry, an American dancer and actress best known for Peter Pan and If You Knew Susie, died on June 11, 2026, at age 97. Born Peggy Lynch on May…
David Fairrington passes away at age 85
David Fairrington, an American painter known for his realistic portraits and a range of other subjects, died on June 10, 2026, at age 85. Born David Neal Fairrington on October…
Emi Koyama, died aged 51
Emi Koyama died on June 10, 2026. Koyama was an artist. Tags Artists, Scientists, 10 June 2026, Emi, Koyama, June 10, June 2026
Death of Wim T. Schippers at age 83
Wim T. Schippers, a Dutch comedian, actor and visual artist, died on June 10, 2026. He was 83. Known for the television programs De Fred Haché Show and Van Oekel's…
Duane Michals has died at age 94
Duane Michals, an American photographer known for inventive photo-sequences that often combined text with images to explore emotion and philosophy, died on June 9, 2026. He was 94. Born in…
Robert Greenidge passed away at age 76
Robert Greenidge, a Trinidadian steelpan player and composer, died on June 8, 2026, at age 76. Born on April 28, 1950, in Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago, he began performing as…
Obituary: Helmut Nadolski, dead at age 83
Helmut Nadolski, a Polish musician, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Gdynia on October 27, 1942, he became known as a bassist, composer, poet,…
Jeannette Weiss Gruber dies at 91
Jeannette Weiss Gruber, a French glass painter, died on June 7, 2026. Tags Artists, 07 June 2026, France, Gruber, Jeannette, June 2026, June 7
Elfie Semotan obituary: died at age 99
Elfie Semotan died on June 6, 2026. She was an Austrian photographer and model. Born in Wels on July 25, 1941, she studied at the Modeschule Wien im Schloss Hetzendorf.…
Talay Riley passes away at age 35
Talay Riley, a British singer-songwriter, died on June 5, 2026, after being stabbed in Silvertown, London. He was 35. Born Mark Olayinka Orabiyi on July 10, 1990, Riley began his…
Obituary: Norman Balon, dead at age 89
Norman Balon, the British publican who spent more than six decades as landlord of the Coach and Horses in Soho, died on June 4, 2026. Born in Ilford on January…
Marjane Satrapi dies at age 56
Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian author of Chicken with Plums and director of Persepolis and Dear Paris, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 56. Born in Rasht County,…
Greg James obituary: died at age 71
Greg James, an American tattoo artist known for designs and original artwork that appeared in magazines, books, documentaries and at the Hard Rock Cafe, died on June 4, 2026, at…
John B. Williams passed away at age 85
John B. Williams, an American double bassist and bass guitarist known for his work on The Tonight Show and The Arsenio Hall Show, died on June 4, 2026, at age…
John Blanche dies at 77
John Blanche, the British fantasy and science fiction illustrator whose work helped define White Dwarf and Warhammer 40,000, died on June 3, 2026. He was 77. Blanche, born in 1948,…
Jagannath Prasad Das dies at age 90
Jagannath Prasad Das, the Indian writer and poet known for his work in Odia, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Puri on April 26,…
Eszter Láng obituary: died at age 78
Eszter Láng died on June 2, 2026. She was a painter. Tags Artists, 02 June 2026, Eszter, Hungary, June 2, June 2026, Láng
Spider Webb died at age 81
Spider Webb, an American jazz drummer and session musician, died on June 2, 2026. He was 81. Born Kenneth Ronald Rice in Detroit on June 15, 1944, he began playing…
Eszter Láng obituary: died at age 78
Eszter Láng died on June 2, 2026. Tags Artists, 02 June 2026, Eszter, Hungary, June 2, June 2026, Láng
Death of Peabo Bryson at age 75
Peabo Bryson, the American singer and songwriter known for “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World,” died on June 2, 2026, at age…
Obituary: Knut Husebø, dead at age 80
Knut Husebø, a Norwegian visual artist and actor, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Stavanger on May 10, 1946, he built a long career…
Master Parrot obituary: died at age 47
Master Parrot, a Ugandan dancehall and Afro-pop music artist, died on June 1, 2026. Born David Sifaayo in 1978, he emerged in the 2000s as part of Uganda’s contemporary dancehall…
Sir Angus Stirling death at age 92
Sir Angus Stirling, a British arts administrator and conservationist who served as director general of the National Trust, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 92. Born Angus…
Keith Anthony Morrison died at age 84
Keith Anthony Morrison, a Jamaican-American painter, died on June 1, 2026, at age 84. Born in Linstead, Jamaica, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, earning…
Jay Silva passed away at age 45
Jay Silva, an Angolan-born American mixed martial artist, died on June 1, 2026. He was 45. Born in Luanda on May 25, 1981, Silva competed as a heavyweight and fought…
Matthew Spender, died aged 81
Matthew Spender, the English sculptor and writer whose death was announced on May 31, 2026, died at 81. Born in London in 1945, he was also a painter and biographer,…
William Coupon passed away at age 73
William Coupon died on May 30, 2026. He was an American photographer. Tags Artists, 30 May 2026, America, Coupon, William, May 2026, May 30
Julio Le Parc obituary: died at age 97
Julio Le Parc, the Argentine-French artist whose experiments in painting, sculpture and visual art helped shape modern kinetic and op art, died on May 30, 2026. He was 97. Born…
Charles Hinman passes away at age 93
Charles Hinman died on May 29, 2026. He was an American painter. Tags Artists, 29 May 2026, America, Charles, Hinman, May 2026, May 29
Death of Sidney Moko Mead at age 99
Sidney Moko Mead, a New Zealand Māori anthropologist and historian, died on May 29, 2026. He was 99. Born in Wairoa on January 8, 1927, Mead was also known as…
Marie-Jo Lafontaine obituary: died at age 75
Marie-Jo Lafontaine, the Belgian sculptor and video artist, died on May 28, 2026. She was 75. Born in Antwerp on November 17, 1950, she studied at the École nationale supérieure…
Paul Dorpat death at age 87
Paul Dorpat, an American historian, died on May 27, 2026. He was 87. Dorpat was an author and photographer who focused on the history of Seattle and Washington state. He…
Jay Milder, died aged 92
Jay Milder, an American painter, died on May 27, 2026, at 92. A figurative expressionist associated with the second generation of the New York School, he developed a body of…
Alan Saret dies at 81
Alan Saret, an American postminimalist artist and sculptor whose wire works helped define parts of the Soho alternative art scene, died on May 26, 2026. He was 81. Born in…
Yoshihiro Nishimura died at age 59
Yoshihiro Nishimura, a Japanese film director, screenwriter and special effects artist, died on May 25, 2026. He was 59. Born on April 1, 1967, in Taitō-ku, Nishimura worked predominantly in…
John Claridge, died aged 81
John Claridge died on May 24, 2026. He was a British photographer. Tags Artists, 24 May 2026, Britain, Claridge, John, May 2026, May 24
Jordi Amorós has died at age 82
Jordi Amorós, the Spanish cartoonist and animator known for satirical comics and pioneering work in adult animation, died on May 24, 2026. He was 82. Born Jordi Amorós i Ballester…
Jordi Amorós i Ballester dead at age 82
Jordi Amorós i Ballester died on May 24, 2026. He was a Spanish cartoonist and animator. Tags Artists, 24 May 2026, Aries, Ballester, Jordi, Spain, May 2026, May 24
Tess Jaray passed away at age 88
Tess Jaray, the British painter and printmaker, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Vienna on December 31, 1937, she was a painter, printmaker and…
Heinrich Jarczyk passed away at age 101
Heinrich Jarczyk died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 101. The German natural scientist, draftsman and painter was also described in records as a biologist and artist. Born…
James Anthony Carmichael, died aged 84
James Anthony Carmichael, an American musician and record producer, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 84. A Grammy-winning arranger and producer, he began his career in Los…
Arleen Schloss passed away at age 82
Arleen Schloss, an American performance artist, died on May 23, 2026. She was 82. Schloss was known for performance art, video and film art, sound poetry, directing and curating, and…
DJ Congélateur dead
DJ Congélateur, the stage name of Ivorian singer and artist Koffi Kouakou Elias, died on May 21, 2026. Born in Ivory Coast, he also worked as a coupé-décalé artist and…
Diane Carlson Evans has died at age 79
Diane Carlson Evans, an American army nurse, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. She served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and later…
Jacob Cress dead at age 81
Jacob Cress, an American furniture maker known for his interpretations of classical 18th-century furniture, died on May 19, 2026. He was 81. Born in 1944 in Norton, Virginia, he worked…
Marideth Sisco passes away at age 82
Marideth Sisco, an American author and musician, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 82. Also known as Marideth Ann Sisco, she was an American storyteller, folklorist, singer-songwriter,…
Death of Predrag Koraksić Corax at age 92
Predrag Koraksić Corax, a Serbian political caricaturist, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 92. Born on June 15, 1933, in Gornja Gorevnica near Čačak, then in the…
Dai-won Moon died at age 83
Dai-won Moon, a South Korean-born Mexican taekwondo practitioner, died on May 16, 2026, at age 83. Known as the Father of Mexican Taekwondo, he introduced the sport to Mexico in…
Death of Silvio Benedetto at age 88
Silvio Benedetto, the Argentine painter and sculptor, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on March 21, 1938, he was a naturalized Italian…