Over 4,000 obituaries of famous dead artists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Dean Schwarz, an American ceramic artist,
died on April 18, 2026. Dean Lester Schwarz was also a painter, historian, writer, publisher and teacher, and he co-founded the South Bear School…
Craig Krampf, an American drummer,
died on April 16, 2026, at age 80. Born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on August 25, 1945, he worked as a drummer, percussionist, arranger, record producer…
James Hayward, an American abstract painter,
died on April 16, 2026. He was 82. Born in 1943 in San Francisco, California, Hayward was known for paintings divided into two bodies…
Klaus Ihlenfeld
died on April 15, 2026. Tags Artists, 15 April 2026, America, Germany, Ihlenfeld, Klaus, April 15, April 2026
Claire Murray
died on April 15, 2026. Tags Artists, 15 April 2026, America, Claire, Murray, April 15, April 2026
Taylor Kirk, a Canadian musician best known for his work with Timber Timbre,
died on April 14, 2026. He was 44. Kirk was the featured artist in Timber Timbre, a…
Sophie Flamand, a Belgian writer and journalist,
died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Liège on November 6, 1964, she studied at the Université libre…
David Kahler, an American architect and photographer,
died on May 14, 2026, at age 89. Kahler led the Milwaukee-based firm Kahler Slater for much of his career. His work included…
Gheorghe Urschi, a Moldovan actor, director and comedian,
died on April 13, 2026, after complications from a stroke. He was active for more than 40 years and worked in film…
Margret Nikolova, a Bulgarian pop singer,
died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Sofia on October 10, 1928, she was active from 1948 to 2000…
Edgardo Roque, a Filipino Olympic basketball player,
died on April 12, 2026, at age 88. Born on February 11, 1938, in Obando, Bulacan, in the Philippine Commonwealth, he competed in…
Frank Stack, an American cartoonist,
died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Frank Huntington Stack in Houston, Texas, he was an underground cartoonist and artist who…
Mike Westbrook, the English jazz pianist and composer,
died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Michael John David Westbrook in High Wycombe in 1936 and raised…
Mike Westbrook, the English jazz pianist and composer,
died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Michael John David Westbrook in High Wycombe in 1936 and raised…
Amivi Homawoo, a Togolese visual artist and videographer,
died on April 11, 2026. Born Améyovi Akpéyédjé Homawoo in Lomé on April 5, 1975, she studied in Togo, Ivory Coast, Benin…
May Angeli, a French artist and author,
died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Clichy, France, on August 8, 1937, she graduated from the École…
Flo Oy Wong, an American artist, curator and educator,
died on April 11, 2026, at age 87. Born in Oakland, California, on October 28, 1938, she earned a Bachelor of…
Jacques Witt, a French journalist and photographer who worked for Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace and Sipa Press,
died on April 11, 2026. He was born in Strasbourg in 1958 and attended…
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, an American painter,
died on April 10, 2026. Born in New York City in 1979, she received a BFA from Bard College in 2007 and was based in…
Aldwyth, an American artist known for complex collages and assemblages made from found materials,
died on April 10, 2026. She was 90. Born Mary Aldwyth Dickman in Pomona, California, on…
Gabor Szilasi, a Canadian photographer,
died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1928, he became known for the humanist vision of his…
Melchor Peredo, a Mexican muralist,
died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Oscar Melchor Peredo in Mexico City on January 6, 1927, he was a representative…
Doug Allan, the Scottish wildlife photographer and cameraman,
died on April 8, 2026, aged 74–75. Known for his work in polar regions and underwater, he was born in Dunfermline, Scotland,…
Gerd Winner, a German painter and sculptor,
died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Braunschweig in 1936, he graduated from the Berlin University of the…
Vladislav Galgonek
died on April 6, 2026. He was a Czech photographer. Vladislav Galgonek [cs], 79, Czech photographer. Tags Artists, 06 April 2026, Czechia, Galgonek, Vladislav, 2026-04-06, April 2026, April…
Jacques-Armand Cardon, the French cartoonist and illustrator,
died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Le Havre on November 30, 1936, he spent his youth in…
Simon Oxley, a British graphic designer,
died on April 4, 2026. He was 56. Born in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England, in 1969, Oxley worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator…
Jiří Zikmund
died on April 3, 2026. Jiří Zikmund, 78, Czech historian and photographer. (death announced on this date) Tags Artists, Scientists, 03 April 2026, Czechia, Zikmund, 2026-04-03, April 2026,…
Thomas Zipp, a German artist,
died on April 3, 2026. Thomas Zipp, 59–60, German artist. Tags Artists, 03 April 2026, Germany, Thomas, Zipp, 2026-04-03, April 2026, April 3
Pearl Fryar, an American topiary artist, died April 3, 2026. Pearl Fryar, 86, American topiary artist. Tags Artists, 03 April 2026, America, Fryar, Pearl, 2026-04-03, April 2026, April 3
Bettina Cirone, an American photographer and former Ford model,
died on April 3, 2026, at age 92. Cirone was known for photographing celebrities, including actors, musicians, artists and politicians, among…
Jason Elvie Go Ty, a Filipino drag performer and graphic designer known by the stage name Misua,
died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 27. He was best…
Mike Chaplin
died on April 1, 2026. He was a British artist and died of mesothelioma. Mike Chaplin, 82, British artist, mesothelioma. Tags Artists, 01 April 2026, Britain, Chaplin, Mesothelioma,…
Dalia Nausheen, a Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer,
died on April 1, 2026, of cancer. Born in 1954 or 1955, she was among the artists who participated in the Swadhin Bangla…
Melvin Edwards, an American sculptor,
died on March 30, 2026, at age 88. Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. was an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Raised in segregated communities…
Sergi Mas Balaguer, a Spanish-born Andorran sculptor and cultural activist,
died on March 30, 2026. Born in Barcelona on October 30, 1930, into a family of craftsmen, he studied at…
Glen Baxter, the English artist and draughtsman known for his absurdist drawings,
died on March 29, 2026. He was 82. Born in Leeds on March 4, 1944, Baxter trained at…
Gino Agnese, the Italian journalist, biographer and essayist,
died on March 27, 2026, in Rome, at the age of 90. Born in Naples on March 10, 1936, he served as…
Jon Dee Graham, an American musician, guitarist and songwriter,
died on March 27, 2026. Based in Austin, Texas, he was active from 1986 to 2026 and performed with The Skunks…
Orlando Wiet, a Surinamese-Dutch mixed martial artist,
died on March 26, 2026, at the age of 60. Born in Paramaribo, then in Dutch Guiana, on October 24, 1965, he was…
Alexander Kluge, the German author, film director, academic and founder of a television production company,
died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Halberstadt in 1932,…
Pat Steir, an American painter and printmaker,
died on March 25, 2026, at age 87. Born Iris Patricia Sukoneck in Newark, New Jersey, she was known for work loosely associated…
Esteri Tebandeke, a Ugandan filmmaker, actress and visual artist,
died on March 24, 2026. Born Esther Brenda Apolot in Kampala on May 16, 1984, she was also a dancer and…
Sean Stevens, an American artist and inventor, died in Invalid Date. He was known for his involvement in the 2007 Boston Mooninite panic and for creating Sustainable Sound, a pedal-powered…
Hermann Huppen, the Belgian comic book creator known for Jeremiah,
died on March 22, 2026, at the age of 87. Better known by the pen name Hermann, he was born…
Daphne Selfe, a British model,
died on March 20, 2026. From Edmonton, London, she worked for more than 70 years and was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s…
Steve Houben, a Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist,
died on March 20, 2026. Born in Liège, Belgium, on March 19, 1950, he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston…
Agosto Machado, an American performance artist,
died on March 20, 2026. He was a performance and visual artist, activist, and archivist who became a major figure in the New York…
Nicholas Brendon Schultz, the American actor, artist and writer best known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Criminal Minds,
died on March 20, 2026. He was 54.…
Chuck Norris, the American martial artist, actor and author known for Walker, Texas Ranger, Missing in Action and The Way of the Dragon,
died on March 19, 2026, at the…
Terry Cox, a British drummer best known for his work with Pentangle and The Humblebums,
died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Terence William Harvey Cox…
Kevin Sampson, an American artist and police detective-composite sketch artist,
died on March 18, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey, at age 71. Born Kevin Blythe Sampson in Elizabeth, New Jersey,…
John Coley, a New Zealand painter and art critic,
died on March 17, 2026, aged 91. John William Coley MBE was born in Palmerston North on 28 January 1935. He…
Ove Pihl, a Swedish painter and art director,
died on March 17, 2026. He was also a Swedish art director, book publisher and graphic designer, and was best known as…
Bulgarian painter
Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Wayne Perkins, an American guitarist,
died on March 15, 2026. Perkins, whose full name was David Wayne Perkins, was a rock and R&B guitarist, singer, songwriter and session musician born…
Sam Kieth, an American comic book artist and writer best known for The Maxx and Zero Girl,
died on March 15, 2026, at age 63 of complications from Lewy body…
Len Deighton, the British author best known for his spy novels,
died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Leonard Cyril Deighton in Marylebone, London, on February…
Lyudmila Arinina, the Russian actress,
died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Lyudmila Mikhailovna Arinina on November 8, 1926, in Sinodskoye Village, Saratov Oblast, she graduated…
Patrice Jeener, a French artist and copper engraver who specialised in work of a mathematical nature,
died on March 13, 2026. Born on July 31, 1944, he studied at the…
Lloyd Jones, the Welsh novelist,
died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 74. He was also a poet and photographer. Born at Bryn Clochydd, Gwytherin, near Llanrwst, he…
Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, an Icelandic composer,
died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 73. He was also a music theorist, rector and pianist, and was considered among the…
Holograf, the Romanian pop rock band from Bucharest,
died on March 12, 2026. Formed in 1978, the band released 18 albums and became known for songs including "Banii vorbesc," "Dincolo…
Margareta Magnusson, a Swedish painter and essayist,
died on March 12, 2026, in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the age of 91. Born Margareta Elisabeth Bothén in Gothenburg on December 31, 1934,…
Jean-François Boclé, a French artist and Martinican artist,
died on March 11, 2026, at the age of 54. Born in 1971 in Fort-de-France, Martinique, he spent his childhood years in…
Michael Hague, an American illustrator known for his work on children's fantasy books,
died on March 10, 2026, at age 77. Born in Los Angeles on September 8, 1948, he…
Luc Giard, a Canadian cartoonist and artist,
died on March 9, 2026. Born in 1956 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, he was an underground cartoonist and artist known for his bold,…
Ernie Mills, an American decoy maker,
died on March 8, 2026. Ernest Leon Mills Jr. was a third-generation duck decoy maker who made Lower Chesapeake-style decoys. Nationally recognized as a…
Mantana Morakul, the Thai singer and actress known as Mantana Keartiwongs,
died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 102. Born on March 30, 1923, she was the first…
Ninel Petrova, a Russian ballet dancer and ballerina,
died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 101. Born on March 15, 1924, she performed in Leonid Yakobson’s ballets "Spartacus"…
Jamie Dunn, the Australian puppeteer, television and radio personality, and voice artist known for performing Agro,
died on March 7, 2026. He began his entertainment career as a drummer and…
Thaddeus Mosley, an American sculptor known for working mostly in wood,
died on March 6, 2026, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of 99. Thaddeus Gilmore Mosley was born on…
Eddie Germano, an American cartoonist best known for his sports cartoons,
died on March 5, 2026. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1924, he began working at an office…
Jānis Streičs, a Latvian film director and screenwriter,
died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Preiļi, Latvia, he was also an artist. His 1991 comedy…
Pedro Friedeberg, the Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work,
died on March 5, 2026. He was best known for the “Hand-Chair,” a sculpture-chair designed for people…
Sheik Mahaboob Subhani, an Indian classical nadaswaram artist,
died on March 4, 2026. He was born in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, in 1954 or 1955. Subhani performed with his wife,…
Philip Trusttum, the New Zealand figurative expressionist artist,
died on March 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Raetihi on June 9, 1940, he moved with his family to Christchurch in…
Victoria MacKenzie-Childs, an American ceramic artist and co-founder of the luxury home goods firm MacKenzie-Childs,
died on March 4, 2026, at age 77. Born in San Francisco on August 26,…
Unni-Lise Jonsmoen, a Norwegian illustrator and children's writer,
died on March 3, 2026, at the age of 89. She was born in Oslo on April 21, 1936, to Margit Schulze…
Clive Byers, a British bird watcher and professional bird artist,
died on March 3, 2026. He was also described as an early “twitcher.” His illustrations appeared in well-known bird identification…
Yoshiharu Tsuge, the Japanese manga artist and essayist known for "Nejishiki,"
died on March 3, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan, of aspiration pneumonia. Born in Katsushika, Tokyo, on October 30, 1937,…
Umar Dzhabrailov, a Russian businessman and politician,
died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 67. Of Chechen descent, he served as the representative to the Federation Council of…
Jacopo Camagni, an Italian illustrator and comics artist,
died on March 2, 2026. He was born in Bologna on December 21, 1977, and began working in the comic book industry…
Mike Vernon, the English music executive, studio owner and record producer known for his work on British blues recordings,
died on March 2, 2026, aged 81. Born Michael William Hugh…
Pockets Warhol, a Canadian capuchin monkey artist,
died on March 2, 2026, at age 33. He lived at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary near Sunderland, Ontario, Canada, and first came…
Carol Kitman was an American photographer who
died on March 2, 2026. She followed the lives of twin brothers Alexander and Eugene Vindman in a decades-long documentary project. Kitman, whose…
Rainbow Brite, a Latvian-born American artist,
died on March 2, 2026. Rainbow Brite was introduced by Hallmark Cards in 1984 as an American media franchise and became the subject of…
Kazumasa Nagai, a Japanese printmaker and graphic designer,
died on March 2, 2026. Born in Osaka on April 20, 1929, he attended the Tokyo University of the Arts to study…
Clément Oubrerie, a French comics artist and illustrator best known for Aya de Yopougon,
died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 59. Born in Paris on December 23,…
Neville Peat, New Zealand natural history writer and photographer,
died on March 1, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dunedin in 1947, he was based at Broad Bay on the Otago…
Eugènia Balcells, a Spanish-Catalan visual artist,
died on March 1, 2026, in Barcelona at the age of 82. Born in Barcelona on May 12, 1943, she graduated in technical architecture…
Wong Kiew-kit, a Malaysian martial artist,
died on March 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was the grandmaster in the tradition of the mythical Southern Shaolin Monastery in…
Swedish ceramicist and sculptor
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Japanese manga artist and critic
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Dutch photographer
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Paul Conroy, a British photojournalist and freelance photographer and filmmaker,
died on February 28, 2026, aged 61. He worked in the British media and reported from combat zones in the…
Yukkie B, the Dutch rapper known as Yüksel Özince,
died on February 28, 2026. Born in Amsterdam on October 30, 1969, he discovered hip-hop culture and breakdancing in 1984. In…
Neil Sedaka, the American singer, songwriter and pianist known for “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,”
died on February 27, 2026. He began his music career in 1957 and sold…
Tatjana Wood, a German-born American comic book colorist and artist,
died on February 27, 2026. Born Tatjana Amalie Weintraub in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, on March 2, 1926, she worked in…
