2009 in Art - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 10 – Coosje van Bruggen, 66, wife and collaborator of sculptor Claes Oldenburg
  • January 16 – Andrew Wyeth, 91, American painter
  • February 2 – Howard Kanovitz, 79, American painter
  • March 8 – Ernest Trova, 82, American sculptor
  • April 22 – Jack Cardiff, 94, English cinematographer
  • May 31 – Frederick Hammersley, 90, American painter
  • June 4 – Robert Colescott, 83, American painter
  • June 16 – Frank Mason, 88, American painter and teacher
  • July 13 – Dash Snow, 27, American artist
  • July 26 – Merce Cunningham, 90, American dancer, choreographer who worked closely with Robert Rauschenberg and other visual artists.
  • July 28 – Tony Rosenthal, 94, American sculptor
  • August 26 – Hyman Bloom, 96, American painter
  • August 31 – Barry Flanagan, 68, English sculptor
  • September 5 – Richard Merkin, 70, American painter, illustrator
  • October 1 – Charles Seliger, 83, American painter
  • October 18 – Nancy Spero, 83, American artist
  • October 27 – Roy DeCarava, 90, American artist, photographer
  • November 11 – Irving Kriesberg, 90, American painter
  • November 18 – Jeanne-Claude, 74, French artist
  • November 21 - Kossa Bokchan, 66, Serbian artist
  • November 26 – Peter Forakis, 82 American sculptor
  • December 10 – Thomas Hoving, 78, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Undated – Olja Ivanjicki, Serbian painter (b. 1931)

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