and film producer (born 1894) Philippe Halsman, Latvian American portrait photographer (born 1906) July 13 – Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (born 1913) August 20 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (born 1922) August 29 – Ivon Hitchens, English painter (born 1893) September 17 – Paul Maze, French-born English Post-Impressionist painter (born 1887) November 8 – Edward Ardizzone, British writer and illustrator (born 1900) November 20 – Tyra Lundgren, Swedish painter, ceramist, glass and textile designer and writer on art (born 1897) December 5 – Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-French artist (born 1885) December 23 – Peggy Guggenheim, American-born art collector (born 1898) December 26 – Karl Hubbuch, German painter, printmaker and draughtsman (born 1891) date unknown Russell Brockbank, Canadian-born cartoonist (born 1913) Sheila Fell, English painter (born 1931) Awards See also 1979 in fine arts of the Soviet Union References Years of the 20th century in art 1970s in art