– Daniel O'Neill, Irish painter (b. 1920). 5 April – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882). 31 May – Juan Bautista Garcia, Puerto Rican painter (b. 1904). 7 June Émilie Charmy, French artist (b. 1878) Milton Menasco, American painter and art director (b. 1890). 22 June – Alain Saint-Ogan, French comics author and artist (b. 1895). 30 June – Frank McKelvey, Irish painter (b. 1895). July to December 9 July – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French writer and artist (b. 1884). 8 August – Charles Wheeler, English sculptor (b. 1892). 11 August – Jan Tschichold, German typographer, book designer, teacher and writer (b. 1902). August – André Edouard Marty, French artist (b. 1882). 8 September – James Swinnerton, American cartoonist and artist (b. 1875). 17 September – André Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter and graphic artist (b. 1884). 28 October – David Jones, English poet and painter (b. 1895). 20 December – Risto Stijović, Serbian sculptor (b. 1894). 21 December – James Henry Govier, English painter (b. 1910). 25 December – Harry Kernoff, Irish painter (b. 1900). See also 1974 in Fine Arts of the Soviet Union References Years of the 20th century in art 1970s in art