January to March •
8 January –
Iwao Takamoto,
Japanese American animator, television producer and film director (b.
1925). •
11 January –
Bryan Pearce, English naïve painter (b.
1929). •
20 January –
Dan Christensen, American abstract painter (b.
1942). •
4 February –
Jules Olitski, American abstract painter, printmaker, and sculptor (b.
1922). •
6 February –
Heinz Berggruen, German art collector •
14 February –
Emmett Williams, American poet and
Fluxus artist (b.
1925). •
22 February •
Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (b.
1918). •
Miriam Mone, Northern Irish fashion designer (b.
1965; ovarian cancer). •
2 March –
Madi Phala, South African artist (b.
1955). •
6 March –
Jean Baudrillard, French
cultural theorist, sociologist, philosopher, political commentator, and photographer (b.
1929). •
16 March –
Raymond Nasher, American
art collector (b.
1921).
April to June •
7 April –
Johnny Hart, American
cartoonist (b.
1931). •
8 April –
Sol LeWitt, American
conceptual and
minimalist artist (b.
1928). •
10 April –
Salvatore Scarpitta, American sculptor (b.
1919). •
15 April –
Brant Parker, American
cartoonist (b.
1920). •
17 April –
Kitty Carlisle Hart, American singer, actress, and New York State Council on the Arts member (b.
1910). •
3 May –
Warja Honegger-Lavater,
Swiss artist and
illustrator (b.
1913). •
26 May –
James Beck, American
art historian (b.
1930). •
28 May –
Jörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, stage designer and art professor (b.
1945;
ALS). •
2 June –
Jerry Wilkerson, American painter (b.
1943). •
17 June –
Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b.
1944). •
22 June –
Bernd Becher, German photographer (b.
1931). •
26 June –
Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur (b.
1929).
July to September •
7 July –
John Szarkowski, American photographer,
curator, historian, and critic (b.
1925). •
17 July –
Jeremy Blake, American
digital artist and painter (b.
1971). •
22 July –
Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animator, artist, and film director (b.
1950). •
9 August –
Joe O'Donnell, American photographer (b.
1922). •
11 August –
Maurice Boitel, French painter (b.
1919). •
12 August •
Elizabeth Murray, American painter, printmaker, and draughtsman (b.
1940). •
Mike Wieringo, American
comic book artist (b.
1963). •
17 August –
Edward Avedisian, American abstract painter (b.
1936). •
24 September –
Lenore Tawney, American
fiber artist (b.
1907). •
25 September –
André Emmerich, American gallerist.
October to December •
5 October –
Alexandra Boulat, French photographer (b.
1962). •
8 October –
Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b.
1917). •
21 October •
R. B. Kitaj, American-born English artist (b.
1932). •
Ileana Sonnabend, American art dealer and gallerist. •
30 October –
Norbert Lynton, British art historian and Professor of the History of Art (b.
1927). •
16 November –
Paul Brach, American
abstract painter,
lecturer and educator (b.
1924). •
4 December •
Norval Morrisseau,
Aboriginal Canadian artist (b.
1932). •
Herman Rose 98, American painter (b.
1909). •
7 December -
Noel Forster, British painter (b.
1932) •
14 December –
Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter (b.
1926). •
31 December •
Michael Goldberg, American
abstract expressionist painter and teacher (b.
1924). •
Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (b.
1917)
Undated •
Steven Campbell, Scottish figurative painter (b.
1953) ==References==