artist (b. 1914). July 20 – Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (b. 1897). August 16 – Henry Geldzahler, American museum curator, (b. 1935) September – Bruce Ariss, American artist (b. 1911). September 23 – Rocco Borella, Italian painter (b. 1920). November 4 – Sam Francis, American painter and printmaker (b. 1923). November 8 – Marianne Straub, British textile designer (b. 1909). November 20 – Umaña, Colombian artist (b. 1908). December 31 – Leigh Bowery, Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, model and fashion designer (b. 1961). Undated Li Yuan-chia, Chinese-born artist, poet and curator (b. 1929) References Years of the 20th century in art 1990s in art