Deaths Famous Dead Artists
Hiroshi Nakamura
Japanese artist · 07 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 7
John Langdon
American typographer and graphic designer · 05 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 5 · Other
Con Pederson
American visual effects artist (2001: A Space Odyssey) · 05 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 5
Jean Le Gac
French painter and photographer · 30 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 30 · French · Gac
Enno Hallek Artist dead at age 94
Enno Hallek, a Swedish artist and academic, died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 94. Born in Rohuküla, Estonia, on November 7, 1931, he moved with his family to Sweden in 1943 after fleeing Soviet-occupied Estonia as refugees.… · 31 December 2025 · December 2025
Harvey Pratt Forensic artist dead at age 84
Harvey Pratt, an American forensic and Native American artist, died on December 31, 2025, at age 84. Pratt, also known as Harvey Phillip Pratt, worked for more than 40 years in law enforcement and pioneered the soft tissue postmortem drawing… · 31 December 2025 · December 2025
Margarete Palz
German textile artist · 30 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 30
Janet Fish
American realist artist · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
F. X. Mudji Sutrisno
Indonesian Jesuit priest and painter · 28 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 28 · Sutrisno
F.X. Mudji Sutrisno
Indonesian Jesuit priest and painter · 28 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 28 · Sutrisno
Coqui Calderón
Panamanian visual artist · 27 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 27
Manas Pitisan
National Artist (2012) · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25
Ada Balcácer
Dominican multimedia visual artist · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25
Kiriko Nananan
Japanese manga artist (Blue · 25 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 25
Ray Lamb American baseball player dead at age 80
Ray Lamb, an American baseball player who pitched for the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Dodgers, died on December 25, 2025. Raymond Richard Lamb was a former Major League Baseball pitcher for two teams and later became a highly… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Walter Schultheiß Actor dead at age 101
Walter Schultheiß, the German actor, author and painter known for his role as Der Eugen, died on December 22, 2025, at the age of 101. Born in Tübingen in 1924, he began his career in 1947 as Pedro del Vegas… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Loren Carpenter Computer graphics scientist dead at age 78
Loren Carpenter, an American computer graphics researcher and developer, died on December 21, 2025, at age 78. Born in Brighton, Michigan, on February 7, 1947, he was a founding employee and chief scientist at Pixar Animation Studios. Carpenter was the… · 21 December 2025 · December 2025
Seiichi Motohashi Japanese photographer and film director dead at age 85
Seiichi Motohashi died on December 20, 2025. He was a Japanese photographer and film director. · 20 December 2025 · December 2025
Ronald Chase American artist, photographer and film director dead at age 91
Ronald Chase, an American artist, photographer and film director, died on December 20, 2025, at the age of 91. Born in Seminole, Oklahoma, on December 29, 1934, he studied dance, design and directing at Bard College, where he joined the… · 20 December 2025 · December 2025
Cynthia Mailman American painter, pancreatic cancer dead at age 82
Cynthia Mailman, an American painter and educator, died on December 19, 2025, in New York City at age 82. She was known for figurative and landscape works done in a "cool, pared-down" style. Her early paintings were presented from inside… · 19 December 2025 · December 2025
Robert Heide American playwright and author dead at age 91
Robert Heide, an American playwright and author, died on December 17, 2025. He was best known for his play "The Bed" and for working with artist Andy Warhol. His death was attributed to dementia-related complications, according to his surviving spouse,… · 17 December 2025 · December 2025
Édika
Egyptian-born French comics artist · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15 · French
Paul de Nooijer
Dutch photographer and filmmaker · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Nooijer · Dutch
Barry Martin British artist dead at age 82
Barry Martin, a British artist associated with the kinetic art movement, died on December 12, 2025, at the age of 82. Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1943, he explored ideas of movement in art and in games. Among artists… · 12 December 2025 · December 2025
Ceal Floyer
Pakistani-born British visual artist · 11 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 11
Reounodji Gabin
Chadian painter and artist · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7
Martin Parr
British photographer and photojournalist · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Michael Turner (illustrator) Painting dead at age 91
Michael Turner, a British illustrator who specialised in motoring and aviation paintings, died on December 1, 2025, aged 91. Born Geoffrey Michael Turner on March 14, 1934, in Harrow, Middlesex, he was regarded as one of the early examples of… · 01 December 2025 · December 2025
Frank Pé
Belgian comic book artist · 28 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 28
Ana Victoria Jiménez
Mexican photographer and feminist activist · 23 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 23 · Jiménez
Susan Skerman
New Zeland artist · 15 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 15
Anunay Sood
Indian Photographer and YouTuber · 13 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 13
J. D. King
American artist and musician (The Coachmen) · 12 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 12 · King
Pirro Mosi
Albanian photographer · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
Sasha Okun
Soviet-born Israeli artist · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
Giorgio Forattini
Italian political cartoonist (La Repubblica · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
Sara Banerji British author and artist dead at age 93
Sara Banerji, the British author, artist and sculptor, died on November 2, 2025, aged 93. Born Sara Ann Mostyn in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, on June 6, 1932, she lived in Southern Rhodesia and later in India for many years… · 02 November 2025 · November 2025
Allan Ludwig American historian and photographer dead at age 92
Allan Ludwig, an American historian and photographer, died on November 2, 2025, at age 92. Allan Ira Ludwig was an American art historian and photographer whose book Graven Images, an influential study in American Studies, helped spur interest in Puritan-era… · 02 November 2025 · November 2025
Jungle Phillips Painting dead at age 69
Peter "Jungle" Phillips, an Australian artist known for painting and outsider art, died on November 1, 2025, aged 69. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, on 27 June 1956, he became a prolific creator of outsider art after a brain injury in… · 01 November 2025 · November 2025
Zbyšek Sion
Czech painter and printmaker · 20 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 20 · Czech