painter, assemblagist and art theorist (d. 2006) August 26 – Ma Jir Bo, Chinese Realist oil painter (d. 1985 September 22 – Norbert Lynton, British art historian and Professor of the History of Art (d.2007) October 3 – Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian Inuit artist (d. 2013) October 4 – Wolf Kahn, German-born painter (d. 2020) October 29 Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter, engraver and calligrapher Alfred Leslie, American painter and filmmaker November 2 – Steve Ditko, American comic book artist (d.2018) November 23 – Guy Davenport, American writer, translator, illustrator, painter and teacher (d. 2005) December 24 – John Glashan, Scottish cartoonist, illustrator and playwright (d. 1999) December 30 – Jan Kubíček, Czech constructivist painter, sculptor (d. 2013) Deaths January 1 – Isabelle de Steiger, painter, theosophist, occultist and writer (b. 1836) January 15 – Harald Giersing, painter (b. 1881) February 28 – Sir Luke Fildes, painter and illustrator (b. 1843) March 23 – Paul César Helleu, portrait painter (b. 1859) April 3 – Frederick Morgan, painter (b. c.1850) May 10 – Andrea Gram, painter (b. 1853) May 11 – Juan Gris, painter (b. 1887) May 28 – Boris Kustodiev, painter and stage designer (b. 1878) June 26 – Armand Guillaumin, impressionist painter and lithographer (b. 1841) June 28 – Otto Bache, painter of historical subjects (b. 1839) July 10 – Louise Abbéma, Impressionist painter (b. 1853) July 27 – Solomon Joseph Solomon, portrait painter (b. 1860) August 4 – Eugène Atget, photographer (b. 1857) August 18 – Sascha Schneider, painter and sculptor (b. 1870) September 19 – Michael Ancher, painter (b. 1849) October 7 – Paul Sérusier, abstract painter (b. 1864) October 9 – João Marques de Oliveira, Portuguese painter (b. 1853) November 21 – Laurits Tuxen, painter (b. 1853) November 25 – József Rippl-Rónai, painter (b. 1861) December 13 – Maria Oakey Dewing, American painter (b. 1845) date unknown Adolphe Demange, portrait painter (b. 1857) Caroline Reboux, fashion designer (b. 1837) Madame Virot, fashion designer (b. 1826) See also 1927 in fine arts of the Soviet Union References Years of the 20th century in art 1920s in art