Deaths Famous Dead Artists
Normana Wight Artist dead at age 89
an Australian artist best known as a painter and printmaker, died on January 31, 2026, aged 89. Born on March 9, 1936, she studied painting at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1954 to 1957 and later studied printmaking… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Gillian White (sculptor) British-born Swiss sculptor dead at age 86
the British-born Swiss sculptor, died on January 31, 2026. Born in Orpington, Kent, on June 20, 1939, she lived and worked in Leibstadt, Switzerland. She studied at Saint Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Raghunatha Reddy Actor dead at age 82
an Indian actor known for his work in Telugu-language films as a character artist, died on January 31, 2026. He was 82. Active from 1991 to 2026, Reddy was known for his metallic voice. Born in Krishna District in 1943… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Praski Vitti
Russian Chuvash artist · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 29
Larry Reed (puppeteer) American shadow puppeteer dead at age 81
an American shadow puppeteer, died on January 30, 2026, in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81. Born Charles Lawson Reed III in Los Angeles on June 21, 1944, he was one of the first Western artists to train… · 30 January 2026 · January 2026
Sentoryū Henri
American martial artist and sumo wrestler · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 29 · Artists
Ji Han-jae
South Korean hapkido martial artist · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 29 · Artists
Eric Cameron Artist dead at age 90
a Canadian artist known for his conceptual art work, died on January 29, 2026. He lived in Calgary, Alberta, and was also a writer and educator. Born in Leicester, England, on April 18, 1935, Cameron moved to Canada in 1969.… · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · Éric
Hardy Hepp
Swiss musician and painter · 28 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 28 · Swiss
Hudson Talbott
American children’s author and illustrator (We're Back! A Dinosaur Story) · 27 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 27
Chung Sanghwa
South Korean dansaekhwa painter · 27 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 27
Francesco Mariotti
Swiss artist and cultural activist · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26 · Swiss
Seyni Awa Camara
Senegalese sculptor · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Camara
Dalibor Brun
Croatian recording artist · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Otto Duecker Painting dead at age 77
an American painter and draughtsman, died on January 23, 2026, at age 77. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1948, he graduated from Oklahoma State University and became known for his Hyperrealist renderings of floating fruit, still lifes and… · 23 January 2026 · January 2026
Bill Millar
English visual effects artist (The X-Files · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
Bruce Leung
Hong Kong martial artist and actor · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Artists
Osvaldas Jablonskis
Lithuanian painter · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Valère Novarina
Swiss choreographer and photographer · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Swiss
Arne Roosman Estonian-born Canadian painter dead at age 93
an Estonian-born Canadian painter, died on January 15, 2026, at age 93. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 6, 1932, he was also a lithographer and muralist. After fleeing the Soviet occupation of Estonia and Nazi Germany, Roosman lived in… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Kenny Morris (drummer) English drummer dead at age 68
an English drummer and painter best known as the first studio drummer of Siouxsie and the Banshees, died on January 15, 2026, aged 68. Born Kenneth Ian Morris on February 1, 1957, he joined the band in February 1977 and… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Scott Adams American cartoonist, prostate cancer dead at age 68
the American cartoonist and writer best known for creating the Dilbert comic strip, died on January 13, 2026, at age 68. He was also a conservative commentator and wrote nonfiction works on business, self-improvement, commentary, satire, and politics. Adams worked… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · Cancer
Allyn Bromley
American visual artist and art educator · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
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
Harvey Pratt Forensic artist dead at age 84
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 method used… · 31 December 2025 · December 2025
Enno Hallek Artist dead at age 94
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. He studied… · 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
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 regarded commercial… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Walter Schultheiß Actor dead at age 101
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 in the… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Loren Carpenter Computer graphics scientist dead at age 78
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 co-inventor of… · 21 December 2025 · December 2025
Ronald Chase American artist, photographer and film director dead at age 91
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 Jean Erdman… · 20 December 2025 · December 2025
Cynthia Mailman American painter, pancreatic cancer dead at age 82
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 her VW… · 19 December 2025 · December 2025
Robert Heide American playwright and author dead at age 91
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, John Gilman · 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
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 whose work… · 12 December 2025 · December 2025
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