Famous Dead Artists: Recent Artist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 4,000 obituaries of famous dead artists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Bill Millar
English visual effects artist (The X-Files
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Bruce Leung
Hong Kong martial artist and actor
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Dino Attanasio
Italian-born Belgian cartoonist
Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Osvaldas Jablonskis
Lithuanian painter
Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Valère Novarina
Swiss choreographer and photographer
Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Alfred Grimm
German artist
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Jean-Loup Trassard
French photographer
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Arne Roosman Estonian-born Canadian painter dead at age 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 English drummer dead 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…
Günther Brendel
German painter
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Michel Tombereau
French painter
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Scott Adams American cartoonist, prostate cancer dead 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
American visual artist and art educator
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Sergio Tarquinio
Italian painter
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Václav Cigler
Czech sculptor and visual artist
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Beatriz González
Colombian artist
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Sergio Goizauskas
French cartoonist
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Hiroshi Nakamura
Japanese artist
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Daniel Pelletti
Belgian painter
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon
Icelandic artist and academic
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Joe Arlooktoo
Canadian artist and politician
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
John Langdon
American typographer and graphic designer
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Con Pederson
American visual effects artist (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Hubertus von Pilgrim
German sculptor
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Molly Parkin
Welsh painter
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Xiao Zhuang
Chinese photographer
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Enric Mestre
Spanish sculptor
Died on Friday January 2nd 2026
Jean Le Gac
French painter and photographer
Died on Wednesday December 31st 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…
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…
Margarete Palz
German textile artist
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Janet Fish
American realist artist
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
F. X. Mudji Sutrisno
Indonesian Jesuit priest and painter
Died on Monday December 29th 2025
F.X. Mudji Sutrisno
Indonesian Jesuit priest and painter
Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Coqui Calderón
Panamanian visual artist
Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Garrick Tremain
New Zealand cartoonist
Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Manas Pitisan
National Artist (2012)
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Ada Balcácer
Dominican multimedia visual artist
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Kiriko Nananan
Japanese manga artist (Blue
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Gathie Falk
Canadian painter and sculptor
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
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…
Jonah Kinigstein
American artist
Died on Thursday December 25th 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,…
Arnulf Rainer
Austrian painter
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Anne Madden
Irish painter
Died on Sunday December 21st 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…
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. Seiichi Motohashi (本橋 成一, Motohashi Seiichi; 1940 – December 20, 2025) was a Japanese photographer…
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,…
Vicente Ruiz Maturana
Chilean artist
Died on Saturday December 20th 2025
Guilherme Parente
Portuguese painter
Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Terje Fagermo
Norwegian painter and sculptor
Died on Friday December 19th 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…
Oscar Allain
Peruvian painter
Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
Ram V. Sutar
Indian sculptor
Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
David Heathcote
British artist
Died on Wednesday December 17th 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…
Michele Singer Reiner
American photographer and film producer
Died on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Gennady Ustyugov
Russian painter
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Paul de Nooijer
Dutch photographer and filmmaker
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025
Franco Vaccari
Italian artist and photographer
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
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…
Ceal Floyer
Pakistani-born British visual artist
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Tito Topin
French writer and illustrator
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Reounodji Gabin
Chadian painter and artist
Died on Monday December 8th 2025
Martin Parr
British photographer and photojournalist
Died on Sunday December 7th 2025
Wolfgang Petrick
German painter
Died on Sunday December 7th 2025
Amaia Arrazola
Spanish illustrator and muralist
Died on Friday December 5th 2025
José Luis Alonso Coomonte
Spanish sculptor
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Rudi Tröger
German painter and academic
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Ronald Davis
American painter
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Theodor Pištěk
Czech painter
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Michael Turner 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,…
A. J. Meek
American photographer
Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Raul Santoserpa
Cuban artist
Died on Friday November 28th 2025
Gianfredo Camesi
Swiss painter
Died on Thursday November 27th 2025
Nuria Quevedo
Spanish painter and graphic artist
Died on Tuesday November 25th 2025
Ana Victoria Jiménez
Mexican photographer and feminist activist
Died on Monday November 24th 2025
Philip Perkis
American photographer
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Jeanette Winter
American author and illustrator
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Llyn Foulkes
American artist
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Timothy App
American artist
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Jiří Kornatovský
Czech painter
Died on Thursday November 20th 2025
Steve Kurtz
American artist
Died on Wednesday November 19th 2025
Barbara Raetsch
German painter
Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Oldřich Jelínek
Czech painter
Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Freddie Baer
American artist
Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Susan Skerman
New Zeland artist
Died on Sunday November 16th 2025
Antonín Kroča
Czech painter
Died on Sunday November 16th 2025
Gertrude Degenhardt
German artist
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Anunay Sood
Indian Photographer and YouTuber
Died on Friday November 14th 2025
J. D. King
American artist and musician (The Coachmen)
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Viktor Marynyuk
Ukrainian painter
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Pirro Mosi
Albanian photographer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Sasha Okun
Soviet-born Israeli artist
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025