Glen Baxter, the English artist and draughtsman known for his absurdist drawings, died on March 29, 2026.
He was 82. Born in Leeds on March 4, 1944, Baxter trained at Leeds College of Art from 1960 to 1965 and taught at the V&A from 1967 to 1974.
His first solo exhibition was held at New York’s Gotham Book Mart Gallery, and his work appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The Independent on Sunday. He lived and worked in London and exhibited with Flowers Gallery in shows including “Furtive Loomings,” “Tofu Walk With Me” and “Glen Baxter: The Soul in Torment, Parts I & II.”
Glen Baxter (4 March 1944 – 29 March 2026) was an English draughtsman and visual artist, noted for his absurdist drawings and an overall effect often resembling literary nonsense.