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Paula Rego: A Generation’s Defining Figurative Painter Dies Aged 87

Dame Paula Rego, one of the finest UK based figurative painters of her generation, has died suddenly in London aged 87.

8 June 2022

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Hermann Nitsch Dies

Hermann Nitsch Austrian Multidisciplinary Artist Dies Age 83

The Nitsch Foundation, has announced the sad news of Hermann Nitsch’s death at age 83 on April 18, 2022. Nitsch… Read More

24 April 2022

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Wayne Thiebaud American Proto-Pop Painter Dies Age 101

Wayne Thiebaud American Proto-Pop Painter Dies Age 101

Tributes have been pouring in for the American artist Wayne Thiebaud who died yesterday in Sacramento, California age 101.

26 December 2021

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Robert Bechtle Dies

Robert Bechtle First Wave American Photorealist Painter Dies Age 88

Robert Bechtle who has died age 88 was an American painter and printmaker born in San Francisco in 1932. He lived all his life in the Bay Area. His practice focused on snapshots from everyday life, mostly his own life. 

26 September 2020

Art News, Obituary

Artist Susan Rothenberg Has Died Age 75

The American contemporary painter, printmaker, sculptor, and draughtswoman Susan Rothenberg has died age 75. She was best known for her iconic images of horses in which she melded abstraction with representation.

19 May 2020

Art News, News, Obituary

Charlotte Salomon, Painter, Auschwitz

Charlotte Salomon: An Auschwitz Victim’s Personal Painted Narrative

This is an extraordinary exhibition by a talented artist who has long been championed in international circles. Charlotte Salomon was born to a middle-class family in Berlin in 1917. She died in Auschwitz 1943 age 26.

7 November 2019

BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS

African American Black Power Painter Barkley Hendricks Dies at 72

Barkley Hendricks the well known African American painter and photographer who evoked the spirit of everyday Black people, in his life-size portraits has died age 72.

23 April 2017

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Sheila Girling

Sheila Girling Gifted Painter And Wife Of Anthony Caro Dies Aged 90

The painter Sheila Girling has died aged 90, on 14 February, her family has confirmed. The artist was known for her richly coloured compositions

23 February 2015

Art News, News

Don Van Vliet AKA Captain Beefheart Painter Musician Dies Aged 69

Don Van Vliet AKA Captain Beefheart Painter Musician Dies Aged 69

Performing under the stage name Captain Beefheart, together with his Magic Band Don Van Vliet produced a number of highly unconventional

19 December 2010

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