Death of Philip Castle 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…
Famous Dead Artists: Recent Artist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 4,000 obituaries of famous dead artists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Obituary: Peter Stämpfli, 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 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 obituary: died 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 obituary: died 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 passed away 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 dies at 74
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…
Obituary: Abdallah Sadouk, 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 death 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, died aged 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 passes away 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 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 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 died at age 89
American photographer Died on Thursday February 12th 2026
Vasco Ascolini death 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 death 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…
Obituary: Tadao Yasuda, 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 death at age 73
Moldovan photographer and journalist Died on Saturday February 7th 2026
Milon Kanti Dey dies 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…
Death of Eva Keleti at age 94
Hungarian photographer Died on Friday February 6th 2026
Éva Keleti passed away 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…
Death of Wojciech Gryniewicz 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 has died 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 died 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 died 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 death 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 dies 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 has died 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 death 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 dies at age 86
English-born Canadian textile artist Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Obituary: Fenwick Lawson, dead at age 93
English sculptor Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Obituary: Normana Wight, dead at age 89
Normana Wight, 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…
Gillian White death at age 86
Gillian White, 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…
Raghunatha Reddy died at age 82
Raghunatha Reddy, 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…
Raimonds Staprans has died at age 99
Latvian-American artist and playwright Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Death of Paul Sample at age 78
British cartoonist and illustrator Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Praski Vitti dies at age 89
Russian Chuvash artist Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Larry Reed, died aged 81
Larry Reed, 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…
Sentoryū Henri has died at age 56
American martial artist and sumo wrestler Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Ji Han-jae dies at 89
South Korean hapkido martial artist Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Eric Cameron dies at 90
Eric Cameron, 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…
Hardy Hepp passes away at age 81
Swiss musician and painter Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Hudson Talbott died at age 76
American children’s author and illustrator (We're Back! A Dinosaur Story) Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Chung Sanghwa dead at age 93
South Korean dansaekhwa painter Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Francesco Mariotti death at age 82
Swiss artist and cultural activist Died on Tuesday January 27th 2026
Obituary: Sal Buscema, dead at age 89
American comics artist Died on Monday January 26th 2026
Diana Green death at age 71
American cartoonist Died on Monday January 26th 2026
Death of Seyni Awa at age 81
Senegalese sculptor Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Alena Kučerová, died aged 90
Czech printmaker Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Dalibor Brun obituary: died at age 76
Croatian recording artist Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Otto Duecker died at age 77
Otto Duecker, 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…
Linda Kohen has died at age 101
Italian-born Uruguayan painter Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Arvo Siikamäki, died aged 82
Finnish sculptor Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Klaus Rinke death at age 86
German artist Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Francisco Simões dies at age 79
Portuguese sculptor Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Cristino de death at age 94
Spanish painter Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Lev Abramson obituary: died at age 62
Israeli sculptor Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Jean-Jacques Naudet obituary: died at age 81
French photographer Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Obituary: Anna Márk, dead at age 97
Hungarian painter Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Bill Millar, died aged 79
English visual effects artist (The X-Files Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Death of Bruce Leung at age 77
Hong Kong martial artist and actor Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Dino Attanasio dies at age 100
Italian-born Belgian cartoonist Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Osvaldas Jablonskis passed away at age 81
Lithuanian painter Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Obituary: Valère Novarina, dead at age 83
Swiss choreographer and photographer Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Alfred Grimm dies at age 82
German artist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Jean-Loup Trassard dead at age 92
French photographer Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Arne Roosman, died aged 93
Arne Roosman, 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…
Kenny Morris passes away at age 68
Kenny Morris, 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…
Death of Günther Brendel at age 95
German painter Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Michel Tombereau died at age 80
French painter Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Scott Adams passes away at age 68
Scott Adams, 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…
Allyn Bromley died at age 97
American visual artist and art educator Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Sergio Tarquinio obituary: died at age 100
Italian painter Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Václav Cigler died at age 96
Czech sculptor and visual artist Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Obituary: Beatriz González, dead at age 93
Colombian artist Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Sergio Goizauskas passes away at age 69
French cartoonist Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Hiroshi Nakamura passes away at age 93
Japanese artist Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Death of Daniel Pelletti at age 77
Belgian painter Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Guðmundur Oddur died at age 70
Icelandic artist and academic Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Joe Arlooktoo obituary: died at age 86
Canadian artist and politician Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
John Langdon, died aged 79
American typographer and graphic designer Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Con Pederson dies at 91
American visual effects artist (2001: A Space Odyssey) Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Hubertus von passed away at age 94
German sculptor Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Molly Parkin dies at 93
Welsh painter Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Xiao Zhuang dies at 93
Chinese photographer Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Enric Mestre death at age 89
Spanish sculptor Died on Friday January 2nd 2026
Obituary: Jean Le, dead at age 89
French painter and photographer Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Harvey Pratt dies 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…
Enno Hallek dies 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…
Margarete Palz passed away at age 88
German textile artist Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Janet Fish died at age 87
American realist artist Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
F. X. has died at age 72
Indonesian Jesuit priest and painter Died on Monday December 29th 2025
F.X. Mudji obituary: died at age 72
Indonesian Jesuit priest and painter Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Coqui Calderón dies at age -1
Panamanian visual artist Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Garrick Tremain dead at age 84
New Zealand cartoonist Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Manas Pitisan dies at 97
National Artist (2012) Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Obituary: Ada Balcácer, dead at age 95
Dominican multimedia visual artist Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Kiriko Nananan dies at age 52
Japanese manga artist (Blue Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Gathie Falk passes away at age 97
Canadian painter and sculptor Died on Thursday December 25th 2025