April – Henry Bird, British muralist (b. 1909) 26 April – Gregory Gillespie, American magic realist painter (b. 1936) 8 May – Stanley Boxer, American painter (b. 1926) 3 June – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker and graphic artist (b. 1922) 9 June – Jacob Lawrence, African American painter (b. 1917) 2 July - Constance Howard, English textile artist (b. 1910) 10 July – Gertrud Arndt, German photographer (b. 1903) 17 July – Aligi Sassu, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912) 5 August – Tullio Crali, Italian Futurist painter (b. 1910) 25 August – Carl Barks, American illustrator and comic book creator (b. 1901) 19 September – Anthony Robert Klitz, English artist (b. 1917) 19 October – Hans Moller, German born American painter 3 December – Frank Roper, English metal sculptor and stained glass artist (b. 1914) 4 December – Ansgar Elde, Swedish ceramic artist (b. 1933) References 2000s in art Years of the 20th century in art