painter (b. 1928). May 15 – Len Lye, New Zealand-born American kinetic sculptor and filmmaker (b. 1901). May 16 – Izis Bidermanas, Lithuanian-born photographer (b. 1911). June 7 – Philip Guston, Canadian-born American Abstract Expressionist painter and printmaker (b. 1913). June 23 – Clyfford Still, American Abstract Expressionist painter (b. 1904). July to December July 16 – Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-born American painter and art teacher (b. 1898) August 26 – Tex Avery, American animator, cartoonist, and director (b. 1908). September 14 – Maxwell Bates, Canadian architect and expressionist painter (b. 1906). November 22 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901). December 26 – Tony Smith, American sculptor, visual artist and theorist on art (b. 1912). December 30 – Patrick Hennessy, Irish painter (b. 1915). See also 1980 in fine arts of the Soviet Union References Years of the 20th century in art 1980s in art ru:1980 год в истории изобразительного искусства СССР