painter (b. 1908) July to December July 7 – Dirk Hannema, Dutch museum director and art collector (b. 1895). July 8 – Brassaï, Hungarian photographer, sculptor and filmmaker (b. 1899) July 9 – Peter Hurd, American artist (b. 1904) August 2 – Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animation director and cartoonist (b. 1896). September 16 – Meredith Frampton, English portrait painter (b. 1894) October 7 – Arnold Akberg, Estonian painter (b. 1894) October 29 – Jacques Adnet, French modernist designer, architect and interior designer (b. 1900). December 1 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911) December 2 - Edward James, British Surrealist art collector and poet (b. 1907) See also 1984 in fine arts of the Soviet Union References Years of the 20th century in art 1980s in art