graphic artist. Michael Dean, English sculptor. Gregory Halpern, American photographer. Deaths 27 April – Charles Alston, American artist, muralist, and teacher (b. 1907). 27 June – Ivan Tabaković, Serbian painter (b. 1898) 3 July – Gertrude Abercrombie, American painter (b. 1909). 21 July – Lee Miller, American photographer (b. 1907). 23 August – Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor (b. 1890). 3 September – Gianni Vella, Maltese painter and cartoonist (b. 1885) 11 September – Augustus Dunbier, American painter (b. 1888). 23 September – John Nash, English painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1893). 25 September – William McMillan, Scottish sculptor (b. 1887) (victim of assault). 20 October – Marie-Thérèse Walter, mistress of Pablo Picasso (b. 1909). 4 November – Keith Vaughan, English painter (b. 1912) (suicide). 5 November – René Goscinny, French comic book author, editor and humorist (b. 1926). 21 December – Seán Keating, Irish romantic-realist painter (b. 1889). Full date unknown Philip Lindsey Clark, English sculptor (b. 1889) Pan Yuliang, Chinese-born painter (b. 1899) Walter Pritchard, Scottish stained glass artist, muralist and sculptor (b. 1905) See also 1977 in fine arts of the Soviet Union References Years of the 20th century in art 1970s in art