Lambert, Irish art collector (b.1919). Aurélie Nemours, French painter (b.1910). 7 February – Paul Rebeyrolle, French painter (b.1926). 18 February – Harald Szeemann, Swiss curator and art historian (b.1933). 21 February – Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and fantasy artist (b.1929). 15 March – Judith Scott, American outsider fiber sculptor (b.1943). 20 March – Walter Hopps, American museum director and curator (b.1932). April to June 5 April Dale Messick, first American woman syndicated comic strip artist (b.1906) Neil Welliver, American painter (b.1929) 10 April – Carl Abrahams, Jamaican painter (b.1911) 11 April – André François, French cartoonist (b.1915) 13 April Philip Pavia, American sculptor (b.1912) Juan Zanotto, Italian-born Argentine comic book artist (b.1935) 19 April – Clement Meadmore, Australian-born American sculptor (b.1929) 22 April – Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish-born sculptor and artist (b.1924) 27 May Astrid Zydower, German-born British sculptor (b.1930) Fay Godwin, English landscape photographer (b.1931) 12 June – David Whitney, American independent curator and art dealer (b.1939) 21 June – Al Loving, African American abstract impressionist painter (b.1935) July to December 22 July – Dragoš Kalajić, Serbian painter (born 1943) 26 July – Robert C. Turner, American potter (b.1913) 27 July – Al Held, American Abstract expressionist painter (b.1928) 1 August – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, one of the innovators of Unitary Urbanism (b.1920) 16 August – Joe Ranft, American magician, animation storyboard artist and voice actor (b.1960) 22 August – Juliet Pannett, English portrait artist (born 1911) 26 August – Robert Denning, American interior designer (b.1927) 22 October – Arman, French-born American artist (b.1928) 28 October – Raymond Hains, French artist and photographer (b.1926) 11 November – Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b.1939) 2 December – Lillian Browse, English art dealer and historian (born 1906) See also List of years in art References 2000s in art Years of the 21st century in art