Alexander Kluge German author and film director dead at age 94
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,…
Famous Dead Artists: Recent Artist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 4,000 obituaries of famous dead artists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Pat Steir Painting, printmaking dead at age 87
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 Ugandan filmmaker, actress, and visual artist dead at age 41
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…
Hermann Huppen Belgian comic book creator dead at age 87
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…
Sean Stevens 2007 Boston Mooninite panic dead at age 47
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…
Steve Houben Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist dead at age 76
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 American performance artist dies
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…
Daphne Selfe British model dead at age 97
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…
Chuck Norris American martial artist, actor and author dead at age 86
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 British drummer dead at age 89
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 Illustrator, painter, found object sculptor, composite sketch artist and teacherRetir…
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 Painting, art criticism, curation and art administration dead at age 91
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 Swedish painter and art director dead at age 87
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…
Wayne Perkins American guitarist, stroke dead at age 74
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…
Len Deighton Writer, illustrator dead at age 97
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 Actress dead at age 99
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 French artist and copper engraver dead at age 81
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 Welsh novelist dead at age 74
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 Icelandic composer dead at age 73
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 Romanian singer dead at age 70
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…
Jean-François Boclé Martinican artist dead at age 54
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 Children’s book illustrations dead at age 77
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 Canadian cartoonist and artist dead at age 69
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,…
Mantana Morakul Thai singer and actress dead at age 102
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…
Ernie Mills American decoy maker dead at age 91
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…
Jamie Dunn Agro dead at age 75
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…
Ninel Petrova Ballerina dead at age 101
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"…
Thaddeus Mosley Sculpture dead at age 99
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 American cartoonist dead at age 101
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 Latvian film director
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 Italian-born Mexican artist dead at age 90
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 Musician dead at age 71
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 New Zealand figurative expressionist artist dead at age 85
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 Ceramic artist dead at age 77
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 Norwegian illustrator and children’s writer dead at age 89
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 British bird watcher dead at age 68
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 Japanese manga artist, aspiration pneumonia dead at age 88
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,…
Carol Kitman American photographer dead at age 96
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…
Kazumasa Nagai Japanese printmaker and graphic designer dead at age 96
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…
Umar Dzhabrailov Russian political advisor dead at age 67
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 Italian illustrator and comics artist dead at age 48
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 English music executive studio owner and record producer dead at age 81
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 Animal artist dead at age 33
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…
Eugènia Balcells Visual artist dead at age 82
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 Malaysian martial artist dead at age 81
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…
Clément Oubrerie Aya de Yopougon dead at age 59
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 Author, photographer dead at age 78
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…
Gustav Kraitz
Swedish ceramicist and sculptor
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Koichiro Iida
Japanese manga artist and critic
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Frits van Swoll
Dutch photographer
Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Paul Conroy British photojournalist dead at age 61
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 Dutch rapper dead at age 56
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 American singer
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 German-born American comic book colourist
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…
Karl Dempwolf Landscape painting dead at age 86
Karl Dempwolf, a Dutch-American painter known for his California landscape works,
died on February 26, 2026, at age 86. Born in Delmenhorst, Germany, on December 17, 1939, he spent the…
Nina Gabrielyan Russian-Armenian writer and artist dead at age 74
Nina Gabrielyan, a Russian-Armenian writer and artist,
died on February 24, 2026. Born in Moscow on October 16, 1953, she studied at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.…
Roman Kofman Ukrainian conductor and composer dead at age 89
Roman Kofman, the Ukrainian conductor, violinist and composer,
died on February 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Kyiv in 1936, he was a music educator and was named a…
Nikolay Blagodatov Collector of Soviet Nonconformist Art dead at age 88
Nikolay Blagodatov, a Russian collector of Soviet nonconformist art and member of the Section of Criticism and Art Criticism of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists,
died on February 23,…
Ulysses Jenkins Video art dead at age 79
Ulysses Jenkins, an American visual artist known for video art,
died on February 23, 2026. Born in Los Angeles on September 19, 1946, he developed an interest in art during…
Miervaldis Polis Latvian painter and performance artist dead at age 77
Miervaldis Polis, a Latvian painter and performance artist,
died on February 22, 2026. He was 77. In the early 1970s, he and Līga Purmale, his wife at the time, helped…
Mark Kennedy Australian drummer and record producer dead at age 74
Mark Kennedy, an Australian musician and record producer who played drums for Spectrum, Ayers Rock and Marcia Hines,
died on February 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Melbourne on August…
Willie Colón American salsa musician and actor
Willie Colón, an American salsa musician and actor,
died on February 21, 2026. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, he began his career as a trombonist and…
Liliana Angulo Cortés Colombian visual artist dead at age 52
Liliana Angulo Cortés, a Colombian visual artist,
died on February 21, 2026. Born in Bogotá in 1974, she held a degree in sculpture from the National University of Colombia, an…
David Harding Glenrothes town artist and Head of Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art dead at…
David Harding, a Scottish artist and teacher,
died on February 21, 2026, aged 88. He was best known for his residency as a town artist in the new town of…
Philip Castle British artist, pneumonia dead at age 83
Philip Castle, a British airbrush artist,
died on February 20, 2026, of pneumonia. Born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, on October 20, 1942, he was best known for designing posters…
Peter Stämpfli Painter dead at age 88
Peter Stämpfli, a Swiss painter associated with Pop art,
died on February 20, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 88. Born in Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee, Bern, in 1937,…
Isaiah Zagar Sculpture, ceramics, mosaic dead at age 86
Isaiah Zagar, an American mosaic artist based in Philadelphia,
died on February 19, 2026, at age 86. He completed more than 200 murals, mainly in mixed media and primarily in…
Swietlan Kraczyna American painter dead at age 85
Swietlan Kraczyna, an American painter,
died on February 19, 2026. He was known as a painter and printmaker in Florence and Barga, Italy, and his work was held in private…
Karen Glaser Underwater photography dead at age 71
Karen Glaser, an American underwater photographer,
died on February 18, 2026, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born on June 12, 1954, she began her career as a printer before turning…
Roger von Gunten Artist dead at age 92
Roger von Gunten, a Swiss-born Mexican painter and artist,
died on February 18, 2026, at age 92. Born in Zurich in 1933, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Johannes Itten…
Billy Steinberg American songwriter
Billy Steinberg, an American songwriter known for "Like a Virgin,"
died on February 16, 2026, at age 75. Born William Endfield Steinberg in Fresno, California, he achieved his greatest success…
Abdallah Sadouk Moroccan painter and engraver dead at age 75
Abdallah Sadouk, a Moroccan painter and engraver,
died on February 15, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 75. Born in Casablanca on December 25, 1950, he studied at…
Richard de Prémare Painter dead at age 89
Richard de Prémare, a French painter who specialised in figurative art,
died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Richard Dumouchel de Prémare in Casablanca, in the…
Dóra Maurer Conceptual art, geometric abstraction dead at age 89
Dóra Maurer, the Hungarian visual artist associated with conceptual art and geometric abstraction,
died on February 14, 2026. Born in Budapest in 1937, she worked across drawing, printmaking, photography, film,…
Henrike Naumann Artist dead at age 41
Henrike Naumann, a German installation artist,
died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 41. Born in Zwickau, East Germany, in 1984, she became known for her furniture installations,…
Christian Astuguevieille French artist, designer and perfumer dead at age 79
Christian Astuguevieille, a French artist, designer and perfumer,
died on February 13, 2026. He served as artistic director of perfume at Comme des Garçons Parfums, where he worked with Rei…
Josefina Aguilar clay muñecas dolls dead at age 80
Josefina Aguilar, a Mexican folk artist known for her small clay figurines called muñecas,
died on February 13, 2026. Born Margarita Josefina Aguilar Alcántara in Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, on…
Jerry McMillan
American photographer
Died on Thursday February 12th 2026
Vasco Ascolini Photographer dead at age 88
Vasco Ascolini, an Italian photographer,
died on February 10, 2026, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, at the age of 88. Born in Reggio Emilia on May 10, 1937, he worked as…
Jon Kudelka Cartoonist for The Saturday Paper dead at age 53
Jon Kudelka, an Australian cartoonist,
died on February 8, 2026, in Hobart, Tasmania, at the age of 53. Born in Burnie, Tasmania, on February 22, 1972, he was an editorial…
Tadao Yasuda Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler dead at age 62
Tadao Yasuda, a Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler who competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling,
died on February 8, 2026, at age 62. Born in Tokyo on October 9, 1963, he…
Valerie Volontir
Moldovan photographer and journalist
Died on Saturday February 7th 2026
Milon Kanti Dey Bangladeshi Jatra artist dead at age 78
Milon Kanti Dey, a Bangladeshi Jatra actor, director, writer and cultural activist,
died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on July 15, 1947, in Chhanhara, Bengal…
Eva Keleti
Hungarian photographer
Died on Friday February 6th 2026
Éva Keleti Hungarian photographer dead at age 94
Éva Keleti, a Hungarian photographer,
died on February 6, 2026. Born in Budapest on August 18, 1931, she worked throughout her career as a photo journalist and as a photographer…
Wojciech Gryniewicz Sculptor dead at age 79
Wojciech Gryniewicz, a Polish sculptor,
died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Bydgoszcz on April 5, 1946, he graduated from the State High School of…
Gisela Engeln-Müllges German mathematician dead at age 85
Gisela Engeln-Müllges, a German mathematician and professor of numerical mathematics at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences,
died on February 4, 2026. Born in Leipzig in 1940, she studied mathematics…
Ted Berger American arts activist dead at age 85
Ted Berger, an American arts activist,
died on February 4, 2026. He was based in New York City and was one of the creators of the Cultural Council Foundation's Artists…
Lamonte McLemore American singer dead at age 86
Lamonte McLemore, an American singer, actor, composer and photographer who was a founding member of The 5th Dimension,
died on February 3, 2026, at age 90. Born Herman Lamonte McLemore…
Svetlana Zhiltsova Television presenter dead at age 89
Svetlana Zhiltsova, a Russian television presenter,
died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Moscow on November 30, 1936, she was a Soviet television presenter who…
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Engineer, diplomat, painter, philanthropist, soldier dead at age 53
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a Libyan politician,
died on February 3, 2026, at age 53. The second son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Safia Farkash, he was part of his…
Jean Widmer Graphic designer dead at age 96
Jean Widmer, a Swiss graphic designer,
died on February 2, 2026, at the age of 96 in Paris. Born Hans Ulrich Widmer on March 31, 1929, in Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland,…
Robert Tinney Contemporary illustrator dead at age 78
Robert Tinney, an American illustrator known for his work on Byte magazine,
died on February 1, 2026. He was known for his monthly cover illustrations for the microcomputer publication over…
Carole Sabiston
English-born Canadian textile artist
Died on Saturday January 31st 2026