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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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