- 1336
| Jan 08 | Giotto di Bondone Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71. | Ref: 5 |
- 1400
| Dec 22 | Luca della Robbia Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1401
| Dec 21 | Masaccio, Italian artist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1432
| May 06 | Flemish artist Jan van Eyck, 61, finished the altarpiece for St. John's Church in Ghent, Belgium. Van Eyck's work is noted for its descriptive realism and intensive color. | Ref: 5 |
- 1435
| Oct 20 | Andrea Della Robbia Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1444
| Apr 26 | Robert Campin South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Sandro Botticelli Italian painter (Birth of Venus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1449
| Jan 11 | Domenico Ghirlandajo Italy, renaissance painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1452
| Apr 15 | Leonardo da Vinci, Florentine artist, engineer, musician and scientist, is born. (Julian Calendar). | Ref: 68 |
- 1455
| Feb 18 | Fra Angelico Italian monk/painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Lorenzo Ghiberti Italian sculptor, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
- 1460
| May 09 | Jean Lavite Atrechts painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1466
| Dec 13 | Donatello, Italian artist, dies in Florence Italy. | Ref: 68 |
- 1469
| May 19 | Giovanni della Robbia Italian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1471
| May 20 | (or 21st) Albrecht Durer, Nürnberg Germany, painter & printmaker, greatest German Renaissance artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1472
| Mar 28 | Fra Bartolomeo monk, Florentine Renaissance painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1475
| Mar 06 | Michelangelo (de Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) Renaissance artist: Sistine Chapel ceiling; sculptor: David; architect: St. Peter’s [Rome]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 06 | Dieric Bouts Dutch painter, dies at about 64. | Ref: 5 |
- 1483
| Mar 18 | Raphael painter (Sistine Madonna), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Raphael Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio] Urbino Italy, painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1486
| Jul 14 | Andrea del Sarto Italy, painter (Recollets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 16 | Andrea Del Sarto, Italian painter and draftsman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1493
| Nov 12 | Baccio Bandinelli, Italian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1494
| Mar 01 | Il Bacchiacca [Franceso Ubertini] Italian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | Jacopo Pontormo II Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 30 | Antonio Allegri di Correggio, Italian artist, is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1495
| Mar 08 | Giovanni Rosso, Italian painter and decorator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1500
| Nov 01 | Benvunuto Cellini, Italian goldsmith and sculptor, is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1503
| Jan 11 | Francesco Parmigianino Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 17 | Il Bronzino Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1504
| Apr 18 | Filippino Lippi painter, dies at about 52. | Ref: 5 |
- 1510
| May 17 | Sandro Botticelli [Alessandro di Mariano del Filpepi] painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65. | Ref: 5 |
- 1511
| Jun 18 | Bartolommeo Ammannati, Italian sculptor and architect, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 30 | Giorgio Vasari, painter/architect/art historian (Vasari's Lives), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1518
| Sep 29 | Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Italian artist, is born in Venice, Italy. | Ref: 68 |
- 1519
| May 02 | Leonardo Da Vinci, artist and inventor, dies in Amboise, France at age 67 (Julian Calendar). | Ref: 68 |
| Jun 12 | (Cosimo I) Cosmos de Medici, Italian duke of Florence and Tuscany, art patron (Accademia del Disegno), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1520
| Apr 06 | Raphael [Sanzio] artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday. | Ref: 5 |
- 1525
| Aug 04 | Andrea Della Robbia, Italian sculptor, dies at age 89. | Ref: 70 |
- 1528
| Apr 06 | Albrecht Durer, German artist: Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, Adoration of the Magi, Young Hare; engraver: Knight, Death and the Devil, The Smaller Passion; dies in Nürnberg Germany at age 56. | Ref: 4 |
- 1530
| Sep 28 | Andrea Del Sarto, Italian painter and draftsman, dies at age 44. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 29 | Andrea del Sarto (Vanucchi or di Francesco) Italian Renaissance artist; subject of poem by Robert Browning; dies. | Ref: 4 |
- 1531
| Jan 22 | Andrea del Sarto Italian artist, dies at 43. | Ref: 5 |
- 1534
| Mar 05 | Antonio Allegri di Correggio, Italian artist, dies. | Ref: 68 |
- 1535
| May 03 | Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori Italian painter/carpet designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1537
| Jan 12 | Lorenzo di Credi Italian painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1538
| Feb 12 | Albrecht Altdorfer German painter, dies at about 57. | Ref: 5 |
- 1539
| Apr 17 | Tobias Stimmer Swiss painter/cartoonist (Comedia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1540
| Aug 24 | Il Parmigianino, aka Francesco Mazzola, painter, dies in Cremona, Italy at age 37. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 14 | Giovanni Rosso, Italian painter and decorator, dies at age 45. | Ref: 5 |
- 1541
| Jan 06 | Bernard van Orley Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52. | Ref: 5 |
- 1543
| Oct 07 | The German painter Hans Holbein is born. | Ref: 62 |
- 1548
| Mar 18 | Cornelis Ketel Dutch portrait painter/poet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1550
| Dec 06 | Pieter Coecke van Aelst Flemish painter, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
- 1555
| Apr 21 | Lodovico Carracci, Italian painter and printmaker, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1560
| Feb 07 | Baccio Bandinelli, Italian sculptor, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 03 | Annibale Carracci, Italian artist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1562
| Dec 06 | Jan van Scorel Dutch painter/architect, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1564
| Feb 18 | Michelangelo Buonarroti (Michelangelo de Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) Italian sculptor/painter/architect/poet (David), dies at age 88 in Rome. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Abraham C Bloemaert painter/cartoonist/engraver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1567
| May 01 | Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt Dutch royal painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1571
| Feb 14 | Benvenuto Cellini Italian sculptor/metalsmith/author (Perseus), dies at 70. | Ref: 68 |
- 1573
| Sep 28 | Caravaggio Italy, painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1574
| Jan 23 | Lucas I Franchoys Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, architect, historian and writer, dies at age 62. | Ref: 70 |
- 1575
| Nov 04 | Guido Reni, Italian painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1576
| May 17 | Ferdinand van Apshoven the Older, Flemish painter, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 27 | Titian, the Venetian painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1577
| May 30 | Peter Paul Rubens Siegen, Flemish Baroque painter (Circumcision), dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 28 | Sir Peter Rubens artist: Elevation of the Cross, Coronation of Marie de Medicis; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1578
| Feb 09 | Giambattista Andreini Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Francesco Albana Italian painter (Mary's Ascension), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Adam Elsheimer German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1579
| Dec 21 | Juan de Juanes [Vicente Juan Ma‡ip] Spanish ecclesiastical painter, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
- 1581
| May 06 | Frans Francken the Younger, painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1582
| Apr 01 | Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1584
| Jan 04 | Tobias Stimmer Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44. | Ref: 5 |
- 1586
| Jan 25 | Lucas Cranach "the Young" German painter, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
- 1587
| Jan 16 | Alexander Adriaenssen Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1588
| Jan 12 | Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto] Spanish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Paolo Veronese [Cagliari] painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1591
| Feb 08 | Il Guercino, Italian fresco painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1592
| Mar 10 | Michiel Coxcie Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
- 1593
| Mar 19 | Georges de la Tour French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Jacob Jordaens, Belgian artist; painted scenes of peasant life, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 11 | Giuseppe Arcimboldo first surrealist painter, dies (birth date unknown). | Ref: 5 |
- 1594
| Apr 15 | Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague). | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Italian artist, dies in Venice, Italy at age 75. | Ref: 68 |
- 1595
| Jan 05 | Ercole Procaccini Italian painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1596
| Jan 13 | Jan J Goyen Dutch landscape painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Abraham van Diepenbeeck painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Tibaldi II Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1597
| Feb 02 | Lucas van Valckenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 61. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Flemish painter Frederick of Valckenborch becomes porter of Frankfurt-on-Main. | Ref: 5 |
- 1598
| May 23 | Claude Mellan French engraver/cartoonist/painter is baptized. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 07 | Francisco de Zurbaran Spain, Baroque painter (baptized), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Giovanni Bernini Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1599
| Jan 12 | Adrian van Utrecht Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Anthony Van Dyck Antwerp Belgium, painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist (Charles I of England), the namesake of the beard style, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 06 | Diego Velazquez, Spain, painter (Rokeby Venus) (baptized), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 23 | Caravaggio's first public commission for paintings. | Ref: 5 |
- 1601
| Jan 31 | Pieter de Bloot Dutch landscape painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Alonzo Cano Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1602
| Mar 07 | Kano Tanju Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1603
| Dec 04 | Maarten de Vos Flemish painter, dies at about 71. | Ref: 5 |
- 1605
| Apr 08 | Louis de Vadder Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1606
| Jul 15 | Rembrandt (Van Rijn) artist: 300 etchings, 1,400 drawings, 600 paintings: The Night Watch, Man with a Magnifying Glass, The Anatomy Lesson of Professor Tulp, Descent from the Cross, Rape of Ganymede; is born in Leiden, Netherlands. (XDG, p 4A, 7/15/2003) | Ref: 83 |
- 1609
| May 26 | Cornelis Claesz mapmaker, buried. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 15 | Annibale Carracci, Italian artist, dies at age 48. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 20 | Federico Zuccari Italian Mannerist painter, dies (birth date unknown). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 28 | Judith Leyster, Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1610
| Mar 19 | Hasegawa Tohaku Japanese painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 18 | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter, dies. | Ref: 62 |
| Dec 10 | Adriaen von Ostade, Dutch painter and printmaker, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 11 | Adam Elsheimer German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | David Teniers II Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1611
| Apr 01 | Gillis van Valkenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 72. | Ref: 5 |
- 1612
| Jan 27 | Maarten van Valckenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 77. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Maarten van Valckenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 77. | Ref: 5 |
- 1613
| Apr 07 | Gerard Dou Dutch painter (Night School), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1614
| Feb 23 | Jacob Colijn(s) Dutch coat of arms painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1615
| Jan 25 | Govert Flinck Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Cornelis Galle II Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Hans von Aachen German painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 20 | Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque painter and etcher, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1617
| Jan 01 | Hendrick Goltzius Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1618
| Jan 01 | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish artist: Immaculate Conception, Moses Striking the Rock, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Tending the Sick, St. Peter Released from Prison; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 14 | Sir Peter Lely, English painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1619
| Feb 24 | Charles Le Brun Paris, painter, designer (The Chancellor Séguier), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert [Dionisio Fiamingo] Flemish painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Philips Wouwerman(s) Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 06 | Philips Koninck, Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 13 | Lodovico Carracci, Italian painter and printmaker, dies at age 64. | Ref: 4 |
- 1620
| May 23 | Pieter Neefs the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1622
| Feb 13 | Adam Pijnacker landscape painter/etcher, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Rembrandt Carel Fabritius Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Juan de Valdés Leal Spanish painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1623
| May 30 | Wallerand Vaillant painter/engraver, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1624
| Feb 21 | Dirck van Baburen Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28. | Ref: 5 |
- 1625
| Jan 13 | Pieter Bruegel "the Older" (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1626
| Jan 25 | John van de Cappelle Amsterdam, landscape painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Jan van Kessel Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | Adriaen de Vries Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70. | Ref: 5 |
- 1628
| Jan 10 | Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff [Jan Maet], seascape painter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Noel Coypel French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1629
| Dec 20 | Pieter de Hoogh Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1630
| Mar 01 | Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1631
| Apr 08 | Coirnelis de Heem painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | John Pijnas Dutch painter, buried at about 47. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1632
| Oct 18 | Luca Giordano, Italian painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 31 | Jan Vermeer Holland, painter (Procuress, The Astronomer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1633
| Feb 20 | Jan de Baen portrait painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Adriaen Melar Flemish engraver, baptised, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Willem van de Velde the Young Dutch seascape painter, baptised, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Theodoor Galle Flemish engraver, buried at 62. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Charles E Biset Flemish painter, baptised, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1634
| Dec 01 | John-Erasmus Quellinus [Quellien] Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1635
| Apr 16 | Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1638
| Mar 19 | Paul Moreelse Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz painter, dies at about 30. | Ref: 5 |
- 1640
| Feb 04 | Hendrick C Vroom Dutch seascape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter, dies at age 62. | Ref: 68 |
- 1641
| Dec 09 | Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist (Charles I of England), the namesake of the beard style, dies at age 42. | Ref: 70 |
- 1642
| May 06 | Frans Francken the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 18 | Guido Reni, Italian painter, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
- 1644
| Apr 17 | Abraham Jansz Storck painter, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1647
| May 19 | Sebastian Vrancx Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1648
| Apr 04 | Grinling Gibbons, English wood carver and decorator of St. Paul's Cathedral, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 07 | Ferdinand van Kessel Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Luis de Nain painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1649
| Dec 04 | Outgert Arisz Akersloot Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73. | Ref: 5 |
- 1650
| Mar 29 | Cornelis Galle I Flemish engraver, dies at about 73. | Ref: 5 |
- 1651
| Jan 13 | Abraham C Bloemaert painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
- 1654
| Jan 17 | Paul Potter Dutch painter, buried. | Ref: 5 |
- 1656
| Apr 27 | Gerard van Honthorst painter, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | Jan J van Goyen Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
- 1657
| Jan 17 | Pieter van Bloemen [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Sebastian Stosskopf Elizabethian painter, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
- 1658
| Jan 08 | Nicolas Coustou French sculptor (Descente de Croix), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Simon Guillain French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
- 1659
| Jan 21 | Adriaen van der Werff Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1660
| Feb 02 | Govert Flinck Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Judith Leyster, Dutch painter, dies at age 50. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 18 | Judith Jansdochter Leyster Dutch painter, buried. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Cornelis Dusart Dutch painter/engraver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | Diego Velazquez, Spanish 17th-century painter, dies at age 61. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 03 | Jacques Sarazin French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Peter Schenck German/Netherlands engraver/publisher, baptised, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1661
| Jan 01 | Pieter Claesz Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Hendrick Uylenburgh art dealer, buried at about 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Antoine Coypel French painter/poet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1662
| Apr 04 | Leonhart Kern German sculptor, dies at about 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Gerard Terborch the elder, painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Jan F van Bloom [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1664
| Apr 04 | Adam Willaerts Dutch seascape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1665
| Mar 16 | Giuseppe Crespi, Italian Baroque painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| May 31 | Pieter J Saenredam Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
- 1666
| Jan 18 | Adriaen A Bloemaert Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Il Guercino, Italian fresco painter, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
- 1667
| Sep 03 | Alonso Cano, Spanish painter, sculptor and architect, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
- 1668
| May 23 | Philips Wouwerman Haarlems painter, buried. | Ref: 5 |
- 1669
| Jan 27 | Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Arnold Boonen Dutch portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Pietro da Cortona [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Joris van der Hagen landscape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | Rembrandt (Van Rijn) artist: 300 etchings, 1,400 drawings, 600 paintings: The Night Watch, Man with a Magnifying Glass, The Anatomy Lesson of Professor Tulp, Descent from the Cross, Rape of Ganymede; dies at age 63. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 27 | Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
- 1670
| Feb 10 | Norbert van Flowers [Cephalus], Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1673
| Mar 15 | Salvatore Rosa Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Adam Pijnacker Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | Claude Gillot, French painter, engraver and theatrical designer | Ref: 70 |
- 1674
| Mar 06 | Johann Paul Schor German barok painter, dies at 58. | Ref: 5 |
- 1675
| Feb 09 | Gerard Dou Dutch painter, buried. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter, dies at age 43. | Ref: 70 |
- 1676
| Dec 26 | Domenicus van Tol Dutch painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1677
| Feb 09 | Aernout "Aert" van der Neer cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1678
| Oct 18 | Jacob Jordaens, Belgian artist; painted scenes of peasant life, dies at age 85. | Ref: 70 |
- 1679
| Jan 27 | Jean-François de Troy French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Jan Havicksz Steen Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Abraham Mignon Dutch still life painter, dies at 38. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | John van Kessel Flemish painter, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Jean-François de Troy French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | John van de Cappelle Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
- 1680
| Jan 03 | Johann Baptist Zimmermann German stucco worker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 07 | Sir Peter Lely, English painter, dies at age 62. | Ref: 70 |
- 1681
| Mar 12 | French van Mieris the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Pieter Snyers Flemish painter/engraver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Gerard Terborch the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1682
| Feb 13 | Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter (Fortune Teller), illustrator and designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 14 | Jacob I van Ruysdael physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Spanish, artist: Immaculate Conception, Moses Striking the Rock, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Tending the Sick, St. Peter Released from Prison; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 13 | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish artist: Immaculate Conception, Moses Striking the Rock, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Tending the Sick, St. Peter Released from Prison; dies. | Ref: 17 |
| Apr 15 | John van Huysum Dutch painter (flowers/fruit), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1683
| Feb 18 | Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
- 1684
| Jan 05 | Claude Audran II French painter/engraver, dies at 44. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 14 | Jean-Baptiste Vanloo French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | Caspar Netscher Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Gonzales Cocx [Coques] painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Adriaen Backer Amsterdams painter buried at about 48. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 10 | Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1685
| Feb 11 | David Teniers III Flemish painter, dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Jean-Marc Nattier French portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1686
| Feb 24 | Ferdinando Tacca Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French Rococo painter, designer and illustrator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1688
| Jan 28 | Jan Maurits Quinkhard Dutch portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | Philips Koninck, Dutch painter, dies at age 68, | Ref: 70 |
- 1689
| Dec 24 | French van Mieris "the Young" Dutch painter/historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1690
| Feb 12 | Charles Le Brun, French painter, designer and decorator, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 22 | Charles Le Brun classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | David Teniers the Younger Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
- 1691
| Dec 10 | Cornelis Pronk Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1693
| Dec 13 | Willem Van de Velde Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82. | Ref: 5 |
- 1694
| Apr 03 | Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, buried at 64. | Ref: 5 |
- 1695
| Apr 03 | Melchior de Hondecoeter Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Cornelis de Heem painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1696
| Mar 05 | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Giovanni Battista Tupolo Italian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1697
| Mar 30 | John-Baptist Xavery Flemish sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | Niccolo Salvi, Italian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 18 | Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale), Italian landscape artist: Venice, London; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 10 | William Hogarth painter, engraver: Four Stages of Cruelty, A Rake’s Progress, A Harlot’s Progress; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1698
| Dec 25 | Jacobus Houbraken Dutch engraver/illustrator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1699
| Nov 02 | Jean-Baptiste Chardin, French painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1701
| Mar 28 | Domenico Guidi Italian sculptor, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
- 1702
| Mar 08 | John de Baen portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Jean E Liotard [Turk] Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1703
| May 03 | Eglon van de Down still-life painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 29 | Francois Boucher, French painter, engraver and designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1705
| Jan 03 | Luca Giordano, Italian painter, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 15 | Charles A Vanloo French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1706
| Feb 12 | Josef Christian German sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1707
| Apr 06 | Willem Van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Noel Coypel French painter, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
- 1708
| Jan 25 | Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Italian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1709
| Jan 01 | Johann H H Bütz German/Dutch organ builder, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1710
| May 23 | François-Gaspard Adam French sculptor (garden sculptures), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1711
| Apr 02 | Jan Punt Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1712
| Jan 24 | Georg F Schmidt German engraver/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1714
| Jan 28 | Jean-Baptiste Pigalle French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1715
| Mar 11 | Jan-Erasmus Quellinus Flemish painter, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
- 1716
| Mar 19 | Guillaume Coustou Jr French sculptor (Mausole du Dauphin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Nienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1718
| Jun 05 | Thomas Chippendale England, furniture maker (baptized), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1719
| Mar 04 | Aert Schouman Dutch bird/portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1720
| Jan 30 | Bernardo Bellotto, Italian "Vedute" painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 06 | Pieter van Flowers Flemish painter, buried at 63. | Ref: 5 |
- 1721
| Jan 07 | Rochus Aerts Flemish sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 18 | Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies at age 36. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 03 | Grinling Gibbons, English wood carver and decorator of St. Paul's Cathedral, dies at age 73. | Ref: 70 |
- 1722
| Jan 07 | Antoine Coypel French painter/poet, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Claude Gillot, French painter, engraver and theatrical designer, dies at age 49. | Ref: 4 |
- 1723
| Jul 16 | Sir Joshua Reynolds England, portrait painter (Simplicity), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1724
| Feb 06 | Paul-Louis Cyfflé Flemish sculptor (Terre de Lorraine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 24 | George Stubbs, English painter and draftsman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 25 | George Stubbs England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1725
| Aug 21 | Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1726
| Jan 04 | Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Dutch engraver/art collector, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1727
| Mar 30 | Tommaso Traetta Italy's opera composer/band leader (Farnace), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt Flemish painter/engraver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Thomas Gainsborough England, baptized, artist (The Blue Boy), is born in Sudbury, England. | Ref: 68 |
- 1728
| Mar 19 | Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen Flemish (court)painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1729
| Jan 01 | Edmund Burke British author/famous Whig (Philosophy & Inquiry, Reflections on the Revolution), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 05 | Paul C la Fargue cartoonist/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Pieter Fouquet Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1730
| Jul 12 | Josiah Wedgewood England, pottery designer/manufacturer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 19 | Augustin Pajou, French sculptor and decorator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1732
| Apr 05 | Jean-Honoré Fragonard France, painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1733
| Mar 15 | Johann Zoffany German painter, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Nicolas Coustou French sculptor (Saôn), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
- 1734
| Mar 01 | Pieter Valck[x] South Netherlands sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Noel-Nicolas Coypel French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | George Romney, English portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1738
| Jul 03 | John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 10 | Benjamin West, American painter (Death of General Wolfe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1741
| Mar 20 | Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor in the 18th century Rococo style | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 15 | Charles Willson Peale US, port painter/inventor (George Washington), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 11 | James Barry, Irish painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1742
| Oct 12 | Johann Peter Melchior, German artist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1744
| Mar 13 | David Allan Scottish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1746
| Feb 20 | Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, artist: The Caprices, The Family of Charles IV, Majas, The 2nd of May, The 3rd of May; is born in Fuendetodos Spain. | Ref: 4 |
- 1747
| Mar 09 | Jacob Campo Weyerman South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 16 | Giuseppe Crespi, Italian Baroque painter, dies at age 82. | Ref: 5 |
- 1748
| Apr 12 | William Kent English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 30 | Jacques-Louis David France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1749
| Feb 08 | Jan van Huysum Dutch still life painter, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
- 1750
| Mar 07 | Cornelis Troost Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
- 1751
| Feb 08 | Niccolo Salvi, Italian sculptor, dies at age 53. | Ref: 70 |
- 1752
| May 04 | Pieter Snyers Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
- 1753
| Aug 12 | Thomas Bewick England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1754
| Apr 28 | Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter, illustrator and designer, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
| May 10 | Asmus Jakob Carstens painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Andrea Appiana Italian royal painter (Napoleon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1755
| Apr 16 | Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 30 | Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French Rococo painter, designer and illustrator, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 17 | Thomas Stothard, English painter, designer and illustrator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 03 | Gilbert Stuart, the who painted portraits of George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, etc., is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1756
| Mar 04 | Sir Henry Raeburn Scottish artist: mostly male portraits; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 06 | John Trumbull US painter (Declaration of Independence), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1758
| Apr 04 | John Hoppner portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1759
| Feb 15 | Alexander von Papenhoven Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
- 1761
| May 16 | John Opie artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Madame Tussaud, Swiss-born modeller in wax who founded the world-famous exhibition on London's Baker Street, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 07 | Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud museum curator and creator of wax figures: Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in 1834; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1763
| Jun 26 | George Morland England, artist of rural landscapes, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1764
| May 20 | J Gottfried Schadow German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 26 | William Hogarth painter, engraver: Four Stages of Cruelty, A Rake’s Progress, A Harlot’s Progress; dies at age 66. | Ref: 4 |
- 1765
| Dec 21 | Joseph Thadd„us Stammel Austrian sculptor, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
- 1768
| Apr 19 | Filippo della Valle Italian sculptor, dies at about 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale), Italian landscape artist, dies at age 70 | Ref: 70 |
| May 27 | Johann M Fleischmann German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | John Crome [Old Crome] English landscape painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1769
| Apr 13 | Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter and draftsman | Ref: 70 |
- 1770
| Mar 27 | Giovanni B Tiepolo Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Francois Boucher, French painter, engraver and designer, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 19 | Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor (Dying Lion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1771
| Feb 28 | French Jozef Kinsoen Flemish portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Antoine-Jean Gros, French Romantic painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1772
| Feb 10 | Louis Tocqué French painter, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
- 1773
| Jan 05 | Pieter Fontijn Dutch painter/drawer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Matthijs I van Bree Flemish (court)painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1774
| Feb 17 | Raphaelle Peale US, painter (After the Rain-1823), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1775
| Jan 08 | John Baskerville English printer/type designer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Thomas Girtin London, artist/watercolorist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Alexander Anderson US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Joseph Mallord William Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1776
| Jun 11 | John Constable England, landscape painter (Hay Wain), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1777
| Jan 02 | Christian D Rauch German sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 03 | Louis Poinsot French instrument worker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | Alexander Orlowski Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1778
| Jan 04 | Charles D J Eisen French engraver/painter, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Rembrandt Peale, American painter known for portraits of U.S. founding fathers, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 26 | Juan Lovera Venezuela, artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1779
| Feb 28 | Augustus Callcott landscape painter, Kensington, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 29 | Anton Raphael b. Mengs, German painter; leading Neoclassicist, dies at age 50. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 06 | Washington Allston, American painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 06 | Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin French still life painter, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Jan Punt engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers Paris France, engraver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1780
| Apr 04 | Edward Hicks, Quaker preacher and painter (The Peaceable Kingdom), is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Aug 29 | Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French painter (Valpincon Bather), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Bernardo Bellotto, Italian "Vedute" painter, dies at age 60. | Ref: 70 |
- 1782
| Apr 05 | Jean-Honore Fragonard, French rococo painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| May 16 | John Sell Cotman water color artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Wouter J van Troostwijk Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 18 | Poet and artist William Blake marries Catherine Sophia Boucher. | Ref: 2 |
- 1783
| Apr 29 | David Cox English painter (Treatise on landscape painting), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Pieter Valck(x) South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Thomas Sully US portrait painter (Queen Victoria), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1784
| Jan 04 | Francois Rude, French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 10 | Simon Fokke book illustrator, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
- 1785
| Apr 01 | J H Ferdinand Olivier German painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Pietro Longhi painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | William Woollett engraver, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1786
| Jan 26 | Benjamin Robert Haydon Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Patience Wright first US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Alexander Cozens English water colors painter, dies at about 68. | Ref: 5 |
- 1787
| Feb 16 | Andreas Schelfhout Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | William Etty English painter (nudes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1788
| Mar 12 | Pierre J David [David d'Angers], French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Franz Pforr German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Jacques Aliamet French etcher/engraver, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | Thomas Gainsborough, painter ("Blue Boy"), dies. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 30 | Francesco Zuccarelli Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
- 1789
| Dec 03 | Claude-Joseph Vernet French seascape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1790
| Jan 02 | Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer) German rococo sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1791
| Jan 24 | Nienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor, dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 06 | Anna Claypoole Peale painted miniatures, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | W Friedrich Olivier German landscape painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Nikolaj A Bestuzhev Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 26 | Jean-Louis Gericault, French painter and lithographer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1792
| Feb 12 | Ferdinand de Braekeleer Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Istvan Ferenczi Hungarian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at age 68. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Benjamin West became the first American artist to be selected president of the Royal Academy of London. | Ref: 4 |
| May 07 | Aert Schouman Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | George Cruikshank England, illustrator for Charles Dickens, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1793
| Jan 01 | Francesco Guardi Italian painter, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | Ferdinand G Waldmüller Austrian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Isaac Ouwater Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44. | Ref: 5 |
- 1795
| Jan 03 | Josiah Wedgwood British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Ary Scheffer Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1796
| Jul 16 | Camille Corot, French landscape painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 26 | George Catlin US, author/painter of American Indian scenes, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1798
| Feb 06 | Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny French painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Heinrich Maria von Hess historical painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Ferdinand Eugène Delacroix French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
- 1799
| Mar 28 | Karl Adolph von Basedow German artist (Ziekte van Basedow), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 17 | Titian Ramsay Peale artist, naturalist: travelled with Wilkes Expedition to the South Pacific [1838-1842]; son of artist Charles Willson Peale; died in 1885, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1800
| Feb 11 | William Henry Fox Talbot, photography pioneer, produced the first book with photographic illustrations (The Pencil of Nature), is born. | Ref: 2 |
| May 19 | Sarah Peale portrait artist; died Feb 4, 1885 | Ref: 4 |
- 1801
| Feb 01 | Thomas Cole US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Samuel Cousins mezzotint engraver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1802
| May 06 | Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 15 | George Romney, English portrait painter, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 27 | Thomas Fearnley Norway, landscape painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1803
| Mar 22 | Anthonie Waldrop Dutch painter/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Friedrich von Amerling Austrian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1804
| May 05 | Jacob Kats Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | George Baxter, English engraver and printer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1805
| Jan 27 | Samuel Palmer London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Jean-Baptiste Greuze French painter, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 29 | Hiram Powers US sculptor (Greek Slave), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | Constantine Brumidi artist (Myrtle Murdock), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | Horatio Greenough US, neoclassical sculptor/writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Samuel Palmer London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1806
| Jan 25 | Daniel Maclise Irish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | James Barry, Irish painter, dies at age 64. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 13 | Jean-Jacques Bachelier French painter, dies at about 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Peter van Schendel Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 22 | Jean-Honore Fragonard, French rococo painter, dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 10 | George Stubbs, English painter and draftsman, dies at age 82. | Ref: 5 |
- 1807
| Apr 09 | John Opie England, painter/illustrator; Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Thomas Duncan painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1808
| Feb 20 | Honore Daumier, French caricaturist, is born in Marseilles France. | Ref: 2 |
| Feb 26 | Honoré Daumier France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1809
| Mar 27 | Joseph M Vien French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Augustin Pajou, French sculptor and decorator, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
| May 08 | Augustin Pajou, French sculptor and decorator, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
| May 30 | Johan B Scheffer portrait painter, dies at about 43. | Ref: 5 |
- 1810
| May 09 | Louis Gallait historical painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Alexandre Calamo Switzerland, painter/etcher/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Clark Mills US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1811
| Mar 20 | George Caleb Bingham artist: County Election, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, Jolly Flatboat Men, Boatmen on the Missouri; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 03 | Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Jules Dupr‚ landscape painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1812
| Apr 11 | Gottlieb Schick German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Edward Lear, poet, champion of the limerick, painter and the youngest of 21 children, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1813
| Mar 04 | Wijnand J J Nuijen romantic/water colors painter (Wrecked), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Nathaniel Currier lithographer: Currier & Ives hand-colored lithograph prints of 19th century daily life; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1814
| Jan 24 | Abraham van Stolk Dutch resources/art collector, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Jean-Baptist Capronnier French/Belgian glass painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Thomas Crawford US sculptor (Babes in the Wood), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | Jean Francois Millet, French painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1815
| Feb 18 | Henri Leys Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Ernest Meissonier French painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Barthélémy Menn Swiss graphic artist/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 11 | Julia Cameron, English portrait photographer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 15 | Hablot Knight Browne, English illustrator; depicted Dickens' characters, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 09 | John Singleton Copley, American painter, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 15 | John Banvard NYC, painted world's largest painting (3 mile canvas), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 21 | Thomas Couture French painter/author, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1816
| Jan 30 | Reinier Vinkeles Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Frederick William Burton painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Emanuel Leutze, US, (artist: Washington Crossing the Delaware, Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth, Columbus Before the Queen; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1817
| Feb 23 | George Frederick Watts, English painter and sculptor, is born in London, England. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 19 | John Philip painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 21 | Sir John Gilbert, English painter and illustrator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1819
| Jun 10 | Gustave Courbet France, realist painter (Funeral at Ornans), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1820
| Jan 22 | Johan Hendrik Koelman portrait painter (Jahresringe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Benjamin West British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Nadar [Félix Tournachon] French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 03 | Benjamin West, American painter, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
- 1821
| Feb 23 | Marie-Anne Collot French sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Ford Maddox Brown painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | John Crome [Old Crome] English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
- 1822
| Jan 14 | Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell German landscape painter, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Willem Roelofs Dutch painter/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Rosa Bonheur, French artist: famous for her animal paintings: The Horse Fair; first woman to be awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion d’Honneur; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 10 | August Ritter von Pettenkofen painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1823
| Jan 15 | Photography pioneer Mathew Brady is born. (XDG, p 4A, 1/15/01) | Ref: 83 |
| May 11 | Alfred Stevens Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 08 | Sir Henry Raeburn Scottish artist: mostly male portraits; dies at age 67. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 10 | Charles Keene, English artist and illustrator for Punch magazine, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1824
| Jan 26 | Jean-Louis Gericault, French painter and lithographer, dies at age 32. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 27 | Jozef Israëls Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | James Merritt Ives lithographer (Currier & Ives), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Eugene Boudin, French landscape painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 27 | Jozef Israëls Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes French painter (Panthéon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1825
| Mar 04 | Raphaelle Peale artist: Bowl of Peaches; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 05 | Joseph Albert German photographer (albertotype), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | John Henry Fuseli painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | George Inness artist: Peace and Plenty, Delaware Valley, Spring Blossoms; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 13 | Johann Peter Melchior, German artist, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 29 | Jacques-Louis David, French Neoclassicist painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
- 1826
| Apr 06 | Gustave Moreau French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Frederick Church US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | John Flaxman English sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
- 1827
| Feb 02 | Oswald Aschenbach German painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Charles Willson Peale artist: portrait painter, primarily of colonial and American Revolutionary War figures; dies at age 86. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 02 | William Holdman Hunt English painter (Light of the World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Jules Adolphe Breton, French painter, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Oct 16 | Arnold B"cklin Switzerland, landscape/allegory painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1828
| Jan 28 | Michel Abeloos Flemish sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 09 | Gilbert Stuart artist: portraits of George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, etc.; dies at age 72. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 15 | Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor in the 18th century Rococo style, dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 08 | Thomas Bewick illustrator [of books]: Fables of Aesop, History of Quadrapeds, British Birds; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 02 | Simon Paap Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39. | Ref: 5 |
- 1829
| Jun 08 | Sir John Everett Millais England, painter (Order of Release), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 10 | Sir John Millais, English painter and illustrator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1830
| Jan 07 | Albert Bierstadt Germany, painter (US landscapes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 07 | Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter and draftsman, dies at age 61. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 14 | Johann G Repsold German instrument maker, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 10 | Camille Pissarro, French painter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1831
| Feb 23 | Hendrik W Mesdag Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Constantin Meunier Belgian painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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- 1832
| Jan 06 | Gustave Doré Strasbourg France, illustrator (Inferno, Ancient Mariner), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Édouard Manet, France, Impressionist painter (Déjeuner sur L'Herbe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | John A Neuhuys painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1833
| Jan 17 | William Rush Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 28 | Sir Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1834
| Apr 02 | Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of The Statue of Liberty, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Apr 27 | Thomas Stothard, English painter, designer and illustrator, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 10 | James (Abbott McNeill) Whistler artist: Whistler’s Mother [The Artist’s Mother], is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jul 19 | Edgar Degas, the French Impressionist painter and sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1835
| Jan 03 | Larkin Goldsmith Mead, American sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | John La Farge US painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 26 | Antoine-Jean Gros, French Romantic painter, dies at age 64. | Ref: 70 |
- 1836
| Jan 08 | Lawrence Alma Tadema Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Winslow Homer, American painter who began his career as an illustrator for Harper's Weekly during America's Civil War, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Aug 22 | Archibald M. Willard artist: The Spirit of ’76; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 15 | James Tissot, French artist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1837
| Jan 11 | François Gérard French baron/painter, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | John Constable English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
- 1838
| Mar 18 | Jan B Stobbaerts Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | August[us] Allebé Dutch painter/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Alfred J Verwee Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1839
| Jan 12 | Joseph A Koch Austrian painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | Paul Cézanne, French post-Impressionist painter, best remembered for his works Card Players and L'Oeuvre. | Ref: 2 |
| Oct 30 | Alfred Sisley artist: impressionist: The Bridge at Hampton Court, View of Montmarte, Misty Morning, Snow at Louveciennes, The Rest by the Stream, The Church at Moret; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 15 | Matthijs I van Bree Flemish court-painter, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
- 1840
| Apr 20 | Odilon Redon French painter/author (La nuit, Rêves), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Frederick Walker painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Hans Makart Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Thomas Nast, caricaturist, creator of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 12 | Auguste Rodin France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 14 | Claude Monet, French impressionist painter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1841
| Jan 14 | Berthe M P Morisot French painter/aquarellist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Pierre Auguste Renoir, French painter and founder of the French Impressionist movement, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Apr 07 | Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Charles Napier Henry painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1842
| Jan 16 | Thomas Freanby Norwegian landscape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter, dies at age 87. | Ref: 5 |
- 1843
| May 14 | Henry Walker, artist, is born in Boston MA. ("May 14, Your Birthday", Natalis Press, ©1990) | |
| Jul 09 | Washington Allston, American painter, dies at age 63. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 10 | John Trumbull artist: painter of the Revolution: The Battle of Bunker Hill, The Surrender of Cornwallis, The Declaration of Independence; son of colonial Connecticut’s governor; dies at age 87. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 06 | Albert de Vriendt Flemish historical painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1844
| Feb 18 | Willem Maris Dutch painter (Hague School), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Mihály von Munkácsy [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Henri Julien Felix Rousseau French ambassador/painter (The Dream), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 25 | Thomas Eakins, American realist painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1845
| Apr 25 | Thomas Duncan painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 15 | Walter Crane England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1846
| Mar 01 | Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 17 | Kate Greenaway England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Randolph Caldecott England, illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Emile Gallé French glass/marble/ceramic artist (Gallé Glaze), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Peter Carl Faberge, Russian goldsmith, designer and jeweler whose name later was associated with cosmetics, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jun 22 | Benjamin Robert Haydon, English historical painter/writer, dies at age 60. | Ref: 70 |
- 1847
| Feb 17 | William Collins landscape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Albert Pinkham Ryder artist: The Race Track, Toilers of the Sea, Siefried and the Rhine Maidens; known for his layered paintings of the sea; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 20 | Max Liebermann, German painter and etcher, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1848
| Feb 11 | Thomas Cole US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School), dies at age 47. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 18 | Louis Comfort Tiffany, a craftsman and designer who made significant advancements in the art of glassmaking, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 01 | Augustus Saint-Gaudens US, sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold piece), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Heinrich Olivier German painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | Paul Gaugin [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Aug 29 | Albert Bartholom, French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 15 | Edwin Howland Blashfield decorated the dome of Library of Congress, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1849
| Feb 17 | Selwyn Image Bodiam Sussex, painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Wyatt Eaton, artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Katsushika Hokusai Japanese painter, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 12 | Abbott Thayer artist: created camouflage pattern for military; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 23 | Edward Hicks, American primitive painter, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 01 | William Merritt Chase, American painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1850
| Jan 05 | Theodoor Verstraete Flemish painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | J Gottfried Schadow German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, Swiss-born modeller in wax who founded the world-famous exhibition on London's Baker Street, dies at age 88. | Ref: 2 |
| Apr 19 | Edward John Gregory painter/engraver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Daniel Chester French sculptor: public monuments: Minute Man statue in Concord, MA, Abraham Lincoln seated in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 27 | J Gottfried Schadow German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
- 1851
| Jan 12 | Johan Herman Koekkoek painter, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 14 | Théophile de Bock Dutch painter/etcher/drawer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Ernst Josephson Sweden, artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | Joseph Mallord William Turner, English landscape painter, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
- 1852
| Feb 24 | George A Moore Ireland, painter/novelist (Esther Waters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Edward Austin Abbey US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | George Clausen painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1853
| Mar 03 | Vincent Van Gogh Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Howard Pyle, writer and illustrator (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood), is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Mar 05 | Georg A Kestner German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Vincent van Gogh, Zundert Netherlands, artist who always lent an ear (Irises), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Jan W Pieneman historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
- 1854
| Feb 24 | Franz Courtens Flemish painter (Golden Rain), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Duncan Phyfe furniture maker, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1855
| Apr 18 | Jean-Baptiste Isabey painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | James Edward Kelly US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History", is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 03 | Francois Rude, French sculptor, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
- 1856
| Jan 05 | Pierre J David [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | John Singer Sargent US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Charles Lang Freer, U.S. art collector, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| May 13 | Peter Henry Emerson first to promote photography as an independent art, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Henri E Cross [Delacroix] French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1857
| Feb 12 | Eugene Atget, French photographer, took over 10,000 photographs documenting Paris, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Feb 16 | Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers French engraver, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Max Klinger German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken painter/author (HW Knife Day), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 10 | Thomas Crawford, American sculptor of "Freedom" figure on top of the Capitol dome, dies at age 43. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 03 | Christian D Rauch German sculptor, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
- 1858
| Jan 15 | Giovanni Segantini Italy, painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | Maximilien Luce French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Anton G O Ridder Van Rappard Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 21 | Lovis Corinth, Russian-born German Impressionist painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 20 | Jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop Dutch painter/graphic artist (3 Brides), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1859
| Feb 13 | William Strang Scottish painter/engraver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 21 | Henry Ossawa Tanner, African-American painter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Oct 10 | Maurice Prendergas, American-born Canadian painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 17 | Childe Hassam, American impressionist painter and illustrator, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 02 | Georges Seurat French painter: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 20 | Antonius J Derkinderen Dutch painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1860
| Jan 11 | Marie Bashkirtseff Russian/French painter/author (Journal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Anders Zorn Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Menso Kamerlingh Onnes painter/water colors painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Rene Lalique, French jeweler and important figure in the Art Nouveau movement, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 13 | James Ensor Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Lorado Taft US, sculptor (Black Hawk), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Walter Richard Sickert Munich Danish/English painter (The Miner), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | Sir George Frampton, English sculptor and craftsman, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 19 | John Kane Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 07 | Grandma (Anna Maria) Moses NY, primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 03 | Rembrandt Peale, American painter, writer and portraitist, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 04 | Sidney Paget illustrated Sherlock Holmes adventures, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1861
| Apr 09 | Charles Holroyd painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | Frederic Remington US, artist/sculptor of the American West, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Aristide Maillol France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1862
| Jan 17 | John E Akkeringa Dutch painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | F Wilhelm von Schadow German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Gustav Klimt Austria, Art Nouveau painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 26 | Arthur B. Davies, American painter, printmaker and tapestry designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1863
| Jan 17 | E J Horace Vernet French painter, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Franz von Stuck German painter (Der Krieg), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Henry C Van de Velde Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 08 | Jessie Willcox Smith, American painter and illustrator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 11 | Paul Signac, French painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 12 | Edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Ch'i Pai-shih China, traditional Chinese painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1864
| Jan 01 | Alfred Stieglitz US photographer-father of modern photography/art dealer (Camera Work), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | William Dyce painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Alexandre Calamo Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Artist Charles Marion Russell, known for his paintings of the American cowboy, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 18 | Jan P Veth Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 24 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Camille Claudel, French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1865
| Jan 03 | Jozef Lies Flemish painter, dies at 43. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Otto Modersohn German painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Albert G Bilders Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Akseli V Gallen-Kallela Finnish painter/graphic artist/illustrator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | Robert Henri, US painter, leader of the Ashcan school, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 26 | Bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | Victor Rousseau Belgian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Felix E Vallotton Swiss/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1866
| Jan 09 | Albert Baertsoen Flemish painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | John Gibson sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Albert Baertsoen Flemish painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Georg Jensen, Danish silversmith and designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 27 | John Gibson sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 04 | Vassily Kandinsky Russian/German/French abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Roger Fry, English art critic, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1867
| Jan 01 | Charles Edward Montague English author/critic (Fiery Particles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | George Baxter, English engraver and printer, dies at age 62. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 14 | Jean-Auguste Ingres, French Neoclassical painter, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 02 | French A Durlet Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | John Gutzon Borglum sculptor: Mt. Rushmore National Memorial [George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt]; died March 6, 1941 | Ref: 4 |
| May 13 | Sir Frank Brangwyn Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 08 | Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist and sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 13 | George Luks, American painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 14 | Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, creator of the 'Gibson Girl., is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Sep 19 | Arthur Rackham England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 03 | Pierre Bonnard, French painter | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 18 | Antoon van Welie Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1868
| Mar 28 | Cuno Amiet Swiss painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 06 | Jan Thorn-Prikker, Dutch painter, designer and decorator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 18 | Emanuel Leutze artist: Washington Crossing the Delaware, Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth, Columbus Before the Queen; dies at age 52. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 04 | Richard N Roland Holst Dutch artist/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Marie van Regteren Altena Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1869
| Apr 11 | Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| May 29 | Philippe Vandermaelen Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 14 | Joseph Duveen England, art connoisseur (Elgin marbles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Henri Matisse, one of the foremost painters of 20th century French art, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1870
| Jan 02 | Ernst Barlach, German sculpture and playwright, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Fritz Klimsch German sculptor/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | William Glackens, American artist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 19 | Andreas Schelfhout painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 25 | Maxfield Parrish, American illustrator and painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 23 | John Marin painter (1948 Fine Arts Medal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Peter van Schendel Dutch painter, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
- 1871
| Jan 18 | Franz Blei [Peregrinus Steinhövel], Austrian painter/critic, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny French painter/etcher, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | John Gutzon Borglum sculptor (Mount Rushmore), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Jeanne Bougeois [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Georges-Henri Rouault, French expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | John Sloan artist: South Beach Bathers; cofounder of Ashcan Art; died Sep 7, 1951 | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 23 | Jack Butler Yeats, Irish painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 13 | Emily Carr, Canadian painter and writer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1872
| Mar 07 | Piet Mondrian Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 21 | Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator; leader in the Aestheticism movement | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 05 | Thomas Sully, American portrait painter, dies at age 89. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 23 | George Catlin artist: of North [Catlin’s Indian Gallery] and South American natives; dies. | Ref: 4 |
- 1873
| Mar 16 | Hippoliet Daeye Flemish painter (Sereniteit), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Carl J Eldh Swedish sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1874
| Apr 19 | Firmin Baes Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Willem E Roelofs Dutch painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 04 | Charles Despiau, French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1875
| Jan 05 | James Stuart Blackton born. The first animation artist, the founder of Vitagraph Studios and the creator of the first movie fanzine. | Ref: 73 |
| Jan 09 | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and arts patron, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 20 | Jean Francois Millet, French painter, dies at age 60. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 22 | Camille Corot, French landscape painter, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 13 | Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh Dutch painter (Caught Sultane), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 23 | Carl Milles Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | Jacques Villon, French painter and printmaker & brother of Marcel Duchamp, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1876
| Jan 01 | Johan C Altorf sculptor (October 3rd monument), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel Dutch goldsmith, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Paula Modersohn-Becker German "entartet" painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Constantin Brancusi Romanian/French sculptor (Princesse X), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Charles Freer art collector; endowed Freer Gallery, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Maurice de Vlaminck Paris France, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 21 | Jay Norwood Darling, American political cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 04 | James Fraser, designer of the buffalo nickel, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 05 | Raymond Duchamp-Villon cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | Frederic A Bartholdi (Statue of Liberty sculptor) weds Jeanne-Emilie. | Ref: 5 |
- 1877
| Jan 26 | Kees van Dongen Netherlands, French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Else Berg German/Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Daniël G van Beuningen Dutch art collector, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Raoul Dufy, French painter and designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 09 | Meta Vaux Warrick, sculptor, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 18 | James Montgomery Flagg illustrator "I want you" recruiting poster, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 17 | William Henry Fox Talbot, photography pioneer, produced the first book with photographic illustrations (The Pencil of Nature), dies at age 77. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 31 | JD Gustave Courbet French painter (Baigneuses), dies at 58. | Ref: 5 |
- 1878
| Jan 22 | Francis Picabia French painter/illustrator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | George Cruikshank English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Albert Weisgerber German painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Friedrich Preller landscape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Anna Claypoole Peale US painter of miniatures, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1879
| Jan 04 | Augustus John, Welsh artist, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 26 | Julia Cameron, English portrait photographer, dies at age 63. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 10 | Honoré V Daumier French painter/lithographer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Honore Daumier, French caricaturist/painter/sculptor, dies at age 71. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Norman Lindsay, Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Edward Steichen artist, photographer: US Army supervisor of aerial photographic operations [WWI], Vogue, Vanity Fair, US Navy special unit of photographers shot naval aviation and combat [WWII], Director of Dept. of Photography at Museum of Modern Art, New York; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 30 | David van der Kellen Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Thomas Couture French painter/author, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Gerald Festus Kelly artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Leendert Round Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Richard Scheibe German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Edgar Tytgat Flemish painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 07 | George Caleb Bingham artist: County Election, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, Jolly Flatboat Men, Boatmen on the Missouri; dies at age 68. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Paul Klee Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Paul Klee Switzerland, abstract painter (Twittering Machine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1880
| Jan 04 | Anselm Feuerbach German painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Franz Marc German painter (Blaue Reiter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Hans Hofmann German/US painter (Search for the Real), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Guess Saleh [Sarief Bastaman] Javanese painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Ernst L Kirchner, German painter (Die Brücke), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 10 | Andre Derain, French painter and theatrical designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 09 | Viking Eggeling Sweden, artist/film maker (Diagonal Symphony), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 10 | Sir Jacob Epstein sculptor (Adam, Jacob & the Angel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1881
| Jan 04 | Wilhelm Lehmbruck German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Fernand Léger France, painter/ceramist/cubist (The City), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Michel Abeloos Flemish sculptor, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Samuel Palmer landscape painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 04 | Natalya Goncharova, Russian painter, sculptor and stage designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 16 | Clive Bell, English art critic, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 25 | Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor or over 6,000 works, is born in Malaga, Spain. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 17 | Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Max Pechstein German "entartet" painter/graphic artist (The Bridge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1882
| Jan 20 | John Linnell British painter/miniaturist/engraver, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Walter Vaes Flemish painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Eric Gill England, sculptor/engraver/typographer (Perpetua), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Gaston Lachaise US sculptor (Standing Woman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti poet/pre-Raphaelite painter, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Hendrik N Werkman painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | Georges F Braque, French cubist painter (The Bike), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 21 | Rockwell Kent artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 08 | Hablot Knight Browne, English illustrator; depicted Dickens' characters, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 10 | Ima Hogg Texas art patron/founder of the Houston Symphony, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 22 | Edward Hopper US painter (House by the Railroad), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 12 | George Bellows, American painter and lithographer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 22 | N.C. Wyeth, painter famous for his illustrations of Treasure Island and Robin Hood, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1883
| Jan 23 | Gustave Doré French illustrator, dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Jo Davidson US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (1965 ASMP award), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Edouard Manet, French Impressionist painter, dies at age 51. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 30 | Édouard Manet, France, Impressionist painter (Déjeuner sur L'Herbe), dies at age 51 | Ref: 70 |
| May 20 | Paul Arntzenius painter/graphic artist/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Cyprian K Norwid Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 11 | Frank O. King Cashton, Wisc., "Gasoline Alley" cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 23 | Jose Clemente Orozco Mexico, painter (Epic of Culture in New World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Maurice Utrillo France, painter (Port St Martin, Montmartre), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1884
| Feb 12 | Max Beckmann German painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Herman Courtens Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Hildo Krop Dutch modernistic sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Theo(door) van Reijn Dutch sculptor/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 12 | Amedeo Modigliani Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 01 | Karl Schmidt[-Rottluff] German painter/sculptor (Brücke), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1885
| Feb 04 | Sarah Peale portrait artist; dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Jules Pascin [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Robert Délaunay French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 11 | Roger de La Fresnaye, French painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 05 | Dirk H W Filarski Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1886
| Jan 18 | Antoine Pevsner French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Peter Alma Dutch painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversy over use of male nudes in a coed art class. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | Theodor Werner German painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | José Gutiérrez Solana Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Oskar Kokoschka Russian/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | Willis O'Brien born, the animator of King Kong. | Ref: 73 |
| Mar 24 | Edward Weston, American photographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| May 12 | Albert Saverys Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 29 | James Van Der Zee, African-American photographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 08 | Diego Rivera artist: politically controversial murals in Ministry of Education Building, National Palace and other government buildings in Mexico City; died Nov 25, 1957 | Ref: 4 |
- 1887
| Jan 01 | Johan Hendrik Koelman portrait painter, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 14 | Friedrich von Amerling Austrian painter, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | George Creten Belgian sculptor/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Edwin Scharff German "entartet" painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Juan Gris Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Josef Capek Czechoslovakian painter/author/critic (Kulhavy Poutník), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Albert P Termote Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Alexander Archipenko Ukraine sculptor/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 15 | Malvina Hoffman, American sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 20 | Kurt Schwitters, German artist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jul 07 | Marc Chagall Vitebsk Russia, artist (I & The Village), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 28 | Marcel Duchamp, painter (Nude Descending a Staircase), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 16 | Jean Arp, French sculptor, painter and poet | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 15 | Georgia O'Keeffe, one of America's foremost 20th-century painters, is born in Sun Prairie WI. | Ref: 70 |
- 1888
| Jan 10 | Emile van Bosch Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Gilbert Ledward British sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Edward Lear, English landscape painter and poet, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 05 | Anton Mauve Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Joseph Csaky Hungarian/French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Josef Albers German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 29 | Edward Lear illustrator, poet, champion of the limerick; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 10 | Giorgio De Chirico Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 20 | Nathaniel Currier lithographer: Currier & Ives hand-colored lithograph prints of 19th century daily life; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 23 | Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh arrived at House of Tolerance (brothel), asked for one Rachel, and handed her -- his ear, saying “Keep this and treasure it.” Then he disappeared. Informed of this action, which could only be that of a poor lunatic, the police went to the man’s address the next morning and found him lying in bed and giving almost no sign of life. The unfortunate was admitted to hospital as an emergency case. | Ref: 4 |
- 1889
| Jan 19 | Sophie Taeuber/Täuber-Arp Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp (Dada), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | Karel Wellens Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Thomas Benton artist: regionalism: Cave Spring, Jesse James, mural of Indiana; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 16 | Joan Collette Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | William Roxby Beverly artist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 23 | Louise Nevelson, sculptor, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 06 | Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys painter, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Georg von der Vring German painter/writer (Soldier Suhren), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1890
| May 26 | Kurt Edzard German sculptor (nudes/portraits), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Ossip Zadkine sculptor (The Destroyed City), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 29 | Artist Vincent van Gogh dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France at age 37. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 16 | Paul Strand NYC, photographer (Native Land-1942), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 10 | El Lissitzky, American artist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 22 | Mark Tobey US abstract painter (Broadway Norm), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | Jozef Cantr‚ Flemish sculptor/wood carver, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1891
| Jan 04 | Charles Keene, English artist and illustrator for Punch magazine, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 10 | Jos Speybrouck Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | Moise Kisling Polish/French painter (La Souris Boiteuse), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Ernest Meissonier French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Johan B Jongkind Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Annie "Charley" Toorop Dutch painter (3 Generations), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Georges Seurat French painter: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte; dies at age 31. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 01 | Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor and founder of surrealism, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Aug 10 | Jacques Lipchitz, Russian-born French sculptor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 22 | Jacque Lipchitz, sculptor, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1892
| Jan 11 | Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Grant Wood, American painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 29 | Augusta Savage, American sculptor and educator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| May 16 | John Banvard painted world's largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Theodoor J Canneel Flemish painter, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Harold Foster, cartoonist, was born. He created "Prince Valiant", known for its fine drawing and historical detail | Ref: 5 |
- 1893
| Jan 01 | Jay Rescher Bayonne NJ, cinematographer (Girl of the Sea, Straight To Heaven), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | Johan Philip Koelman painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes painter/etcher/ceramist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Beatrice Wood potter/artist/author, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | Edgar Scauflaire Belgian muralist/decorator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Henri Puvrez Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Joan Miró Spain, painter/sculptor (Dog Barking at the Moon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Edouard Manet French painter (Olympia), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | George Grosz, German satiric artist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Oct 06 | Ford Madox Brown, English painter, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 02 | Julius Bissier German painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1894
| Jan 09 | Henryk Stazewski Polish abstract painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Marcel Canneel Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Norman Rockwell US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Henryk Stazewski Polish abstract painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Gustave Caillebotte French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | Wäinö V Aaltonen Finnish sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | Ben Nicholson English painter/sculptor (Circle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Andre Kertesz, photographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Aug 03 | George Inness artist: Peace and Plenty, Delaware Valley, Spring Blossoms; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 07 | Stuart Davis US painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1895
| Mar 02 | Berthe Morisot, French painter/printmaker, dies at age 54. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 18 | Anton F Pieck Dutch illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel) [or April 19], is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Victor J van Hinsbergh South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Joseph Quinaux Belgian painter, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Dorothea Lange US documentary photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1896
| Jan 04 | André Aimé René Masson French Surrealist artist (Labyrinth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | Matthew B Brady US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | Abraham Czn van Stolk Dutch art collector, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Philippo de Pisis Italian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 13 | Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 13 | Sir John Millais, English painter and illustrator, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 07 | Stuart Davis, painter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 15 | Paul R Citroen Dutch sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | David Alfaro Siqueiros Mexico, painter/muralist (Liberation of Chile), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1897
| Jan 12 | Hendrik J Valk painter/cartoonist/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Ivan Albright Illinois, painter (The Door, The Window), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Charles Eyck Dutch painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney sculptor/art benefactor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Willem Roelofs painter/lithographer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 21 | Tate Gallery opens in London, 67 paintings of Sir Henry Tate on the site of Millbank prison by Thames. | Ref: 10 |
| Oct 05 | Sir John Gilbert, English painter and illustrator, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 04 | Mari Andriessen Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1898
| Mar 16 | Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Gustave Moureau painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Sybil Andrews English/Canadian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 17 | M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 22 | Alexander (Stirling) Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | Henry Moore England, sculptor (Vertebrae), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 08 | Eugene Boudin, French landscape painter, dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 26 | Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector and patron, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 12 | Ben Shahn painter (1964 Arts & Letters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 21 | Rene Magritte, surrealist painter (Golconda), is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 10 | Anton Mauve Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Theo Swagemakers Dutch portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1899
| Jan 29 | Alfred Sisley artist: impressionist: dies at age 59. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 30 | Ellis Wilson artist: Guggenheim Fellowship winner [1944]; The Open Market of Charleston, Haitian Funeral Procession; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 08 | Jan F van Hall Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French artist: famous for her animal paintings: The Horse Fair; first woman to be awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion d’Honneur; dies at age 68. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 28 | James Wong Howe, American Chinese-born cinematographer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| Dec 25 | Raphael Soyer artist (Arts & Letters 1945, Depression Scenes in NYC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1900
| Jan 05 | Yves Tanguy French/US sailor/surrealistic painter, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Jan 07 | Yves Tanguy, French Surrealist painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 15 | César Domela Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant patron of the arts, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Willem F K Hussem Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | William Butterfield architect of the Gothic revival, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | Edna Swithenbank Manley Jamaican sculptor, wife of PM, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | [Albert] Carel Willink Dutch painter (magic realism), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Giuseppe Capogrossi Italian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Ivan K Aïvazovski Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Kees Verwey painter/water colors painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Mihály von Munkácsy [Michael von Lieb], German painter, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Sarah Miriam Peale US, portrait painter (General Lafayette-1825), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 03 | Thomas Clayton Wolfe, American novelist (Look Homeward Angel) not to be confused with American novelist Tom Wolfe (The Right Stuff), is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Nov 04 | Luigi Lucioni Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 18 | Constantin Alajalov Russia, artist (Ditters & Jitters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | Francesco Messina sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1901
| Jan 16 | Arnold Böcklin Swiss painter, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Cassandre, French graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 30 | Earl of Huntingdon mural painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Marino Marini, Italian sculptor/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | William H. (Henry) Johnson artist: expressionist: Minnie, Sun Setting, Denmark; returned to U.S. when Hitler began destroying African and primitive themes; known later for historical African-American figures & events: Going to Church, Mom and Dad; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 19 | William H. (Henry) Johnson artist: expressionist: Minnie, Sun Setting, Denmark; returned to U.S. when Hitler began destroying African and primitive themes; known later for historical African-American figures & events: Going to Church, Mom and Dad; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 05 | Alexander Alexeieff Russian/French painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | George Keyt artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 24 | Spanish artist Pablo Picasso opens first exhibit in Paris at Ambroise Vollard gallery. | Ref: 10 |
| Jul 29 | Jean Dubuffet, French sculptor and painter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jul 31 | Jean Dubuffet France, painter (Landscape with 2 Personages), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French artist, dies at age 36. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 10 | Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Nov 06 | Kate Greenaway, English artist and book illustrator (Mother Goose), dies at age 55. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 06 | Eliot Porter, nature photographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 13 | John Wijga painter/illustrator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1902
| Jan 01 | Aldo Graziati Scorze Italy, cinematographer (Othello, Indiscretion, The Wayward Wife), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Albert Bierstadt Germany, painter (US landscapes), dies. | Ref: 17 |
| Feb 20 | Landscape photographer Ansel Adams (1966 ASMP Award), is born. | Ref: 15 |
| Mar 27 | Mary Armour artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Heinrich Kirchner German sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 08 | James Tissot, French artist, dies at age 65. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 07 | Ed (Edward Benton) Dodd cartoonist: Mark Trail; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 29 | Carlo Levi Italy, painter/novelist (Of Fear & Freedom), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Thomas Nast, American political cartoonist, dies at age 62. | Ref: 68 |
- 1903
| Jan 04 | Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Dame Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Robert Gwathmey artist (Arts & Letters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Walter Linck Swiss sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | Adolph Gottlieb, American Abstract Expressionist painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 14 | Johannes H Weissenbruch Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Harold Edgerton foremost high-speed photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | (Eugene Henri) Paul Gauguin artist: The Yellow Christ, Where Do We Come From? Where Are We? Where Are We Going?; dies at age 54. | Ref: 68 |
| May 30 | Ray Howard-Jones artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | James (Abbott McNeill) Whistler artist: Whistler’s Mother [The Artist’s Mother], Arrangement in Gray, Black No. 1; dies. | Ref: 68 |
| Aug 24 | Graham Sutherland, English Surrealistic painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 25 | Mark Rothko US, painter (Green on Blue), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 03 | Walker Evans, the American photographer best known for his portrayal of America during the Great Depression, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 13 | Camille Pissarro, French Impressionist painter, dies at age 73. | Ref: 70 |
- 1904
| Jan 14 | Sir Cecil Beaton England, royal family photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Henri-Georges Adam French etcher/painter/sculptor (Grand Nude), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Mary Adshead muralist/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Peter Hurd Roswell NM, painter (Portrait of José Herrera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Vasili Vereshtshagin Russian painter (War & Peace), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Arshile Gorky, Turkish-born American postsurrealist abstract painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 21 | Jean Hélion artist/author (They Shall Not Have Me), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Willem De Kooning Rotterdam Netherlands, artist (North Atlantic Light), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Franz von Lenbach German painter, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Eadweard Muybridge English photographer (horse trot), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Salvadore (Felipe Jacinto) Dalí (y Domenech) surrealist artist: Accommodations of Desire, The Persistence of Memory, Visage of War; is born in Figueras, Spain. | Ref: 4 |
| May 29 | Gregg Toland, American motion-picture cinematographer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 01 | George Frederick Watts, English painter and sculptor, dies at age 87 | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 20 | Hans Hartung, German-born French painter, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 04 | Frederic Auguste Bartholdi sculptor: Statue of Liberty, Lion of Belfort; dies at age 70. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 17 | Isamu Noguchi sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 17 | Paul Cadmus New York NY, etcher/painter (Sailors & Floozies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | [Schmidt] Hans Burkhardt artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Juliaan Dillens Flemish sculptor, dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
- 1905
| Jan 29 | Barnett Newmann US painter (postpainterly abstraction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Oswald Aschenbach German painter, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | Félix Labisse French painter (libidoscaphes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Rudolf von Alt Austrian painter, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Constantin Meunier Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Jacob Olie Dutch photographer, dies at about 70. | Ref: 5 |
- 1906
| Jan 06 | Jaap Wagemaker [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | Serge Poliakoff Russian/French painter/guitarist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | Clement Greenberg art critic, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Hans Aeschbacher Swiss sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | Fred Fehl Austrian/US Broadway photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Harry van Kruiningen [Henri A Janssen], painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Nikos Ghika artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Philippe Halsman, photographer, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 18 | James Brooks artist: Flight: 235 ft. mural at La Guardia National Airport, NY; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 22 | Paul Cezanne, French Post-Impressionist painter, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
- 1907
| Jan 05 | Wilhelm "Willi" J Soukop Austrian/British sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | Theodoor Verstraete Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | John Canaday art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Joy Finzi [Joyce A Black], British painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 06 | Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter famous for her surrealist and expressionist work, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 03 | Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American sculptor (1907 $20 gold piece), dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 04 | Leo Castelli Trieste, American art dealer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | Charles Alston artist: The Family, Black Man, Black Woman, Walking; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1908
| Feb 29 | Balthus painter (Valerie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Dominique de Menil arts patron/human rights advocate, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Victor Vasarely Hungarian/French painter/author (Op Art), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Melle J Oldeboerrigter [Melle], Dutch painter/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | (Maria Helena) Vieira da Silva artist: style: Parisian School and abstract expressionism; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 09 | Minor White, abstract photographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Aug 22 | Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 22 | Giacomo Manzú Italy, sculptor (St Peter, Laurenskerk, Lenin Prize), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Max Bill Swiss painter/sculptor/politician (Ruban Sans Fin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | Yousuf Karsh portrait photographer (Life Magazine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1909
| Jan 06 | Johannes H Moesman Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | Marguerite Kelsey English model/painter (Haunting), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Hans Erni Switzerland, painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Caran d'Ache [Emmanuel Poiré], French illustrator, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder English radio comic/actor (Phoenix), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Charles Conder artist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 28 | Francis Bacon, English artist who painted expressionist portraits, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 04 | Paul-Albert Besnard French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Louis van Lint Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Frederic Remington, Western painter and sculptor, dies at age 48. | Ref: 4 |
- 1910
| Feb 20 | Julian Trevelyan English Surrealist painter/collage maker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Wilhelmus L Reijers sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Andreas Aschenbach German painter/engraver, dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Henry William Collins artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | William Orchardson British painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Henri E Cross [Delacroix] French painter, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Franz Jozef Kline US expressionist painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 02 | Henri Rousseau artist: The Sleeping Gypsy, dies at age 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 29 | Winslow Homer artist: On a Lee Shore, Mending the Nets, Eating Watermelon, Inside the Bar, The Maine Coast; dies in Maine at age 74. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 15 | Larkin Goldsmith Mead, American sculptor, dies. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 09 | Dick Elffers Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Herman van der Horst Dutch cinematographer (Faja Lobbi), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1911
| Mar 25 | Willy Anthoons Flemish sculptor (Mystic verheffing), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Edward Adamson art therapist/collector, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | Edwin Austin Abbey, American-English painter and illustrator, dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 12 | Jozef Israëls, Dutch painter and etcher, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 05 | Alfred Manessier French painter (leaded windows), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 11 | Thomas Ball US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
- 1912
| Jan 02 | Renato Guttuso Italian painter (The Flight from Etna, Crucifixion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Jackson Pollock, Cody WY, abstract artist (Lavender Mist), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Mar 04 | Afro [Basaldella] Italian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Robert Doisneau photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Italo Valenti Italian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Paul H F Brenneker Netherlands/Antillian photographer/folklorist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 04 | Alexander Liberman editor/painter/photographer (639), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 30 | Gordon Parks photographer: Vogue, LIFE magazines, "He turned his rage against racism into a creative force."; author: To Smile in Autumn: A Memoir, Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective; poet, filmmaker, novelist, composer, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1913
| Jan 05 | Jean-Pierre Aumont (Jean-Pierre Salomons), French actor, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Jan 09 | Peter John Norton naval diplomat/artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim photographer/collector, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Bob Clampett, classic Warner Bros. cartoon director and creator of Beany and Cecil, born. | Ref: 73 |
| May 19 | Albert Hardy photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1914
| Jan 11 | Dorothy Jeakins costume designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Felix Kelly artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | J Albert Neuhuys Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Gustave Camus Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Josef Muller-Brockmann graphic designer/writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 04 | Claude Renoir cinematographer: The Spy Who Loved Me, The River; son of artist Pierre Renoir; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1915
| Jan 05 | Mabel Leigh potter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Robert B Motherwell US, painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | William Crosbie artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Mervyn Levy artist/critic, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | Vivien John artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American sculptor and designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 12 | Alberto Burri Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | Kenneth Rowntree painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Hans Namuth German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Walter Crane English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Denton Welch, English painter and novelist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 02 | Arthur Ballard, artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Tom Greenshields sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | May Henriquez-Alvarez Curaçao, sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Albert Weisgerber German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 14 | Max Klein, American painter; invented "paint by numbers", is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 29 | John P W Meefout Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1916
| Jan 04 | Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Franz Marc German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Victor de Stuers Dutch art expert, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | John Hinde photographer/circus promoter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | Thomas Eakins, American realist painter, dies at age 71. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 06 | Odilon Redon, French painter, lithographer and etcher, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 25 | William Merritt Chase, American painter, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 16 | Theo Bitter Dutch painter/set designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1917
| Feb 11 | Richard Jock Kinneir graphic designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Albert Pinkham Ryder artist: The Race Track, Toilers of the Sea, Siefried and the Rhine Maidens; known for his layered paintings of the sea; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 22 | Sidney Nolan Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 12 | Andrew Wyeth US, painter (Christina's World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 17 | Lawrence Jacob Atlantic City NJ, artist (Sanitarium), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Edgar Degas artist; Impressionist: noted for his paintings of dancers in motion; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 17 | Sculptor August Rodin dies in Meudon, France at age 77. | Ref: 5 |
- 1918
| Feb 06 | Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Arnold Newman photographer (Faces USA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | June Wayne artist/lithographer/teacher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | Jules Engel, graphic designer, teacher, born. | Ref: 73 |
| Mar 24 | Englebert van Anderlecht Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Charles White artist: J’Accuse [1966], posters: Wanted [1969], Homage to Langston Hughes [1971], WPA murals; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 11 | Archibald M. Willard artist: The Spirit of ’76; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 30 | W Eugene Smith US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1919
| Jan 04 | Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculpture, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 06 | Friedrich W Mengelberg German sculptor/painter, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculpture, dies at age 38. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 15 | Elizabeth Catelett sculptor/lithographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | Walter Ritchie sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 03 | Pierre-August Renoir, French Impressionist artist: A Waitress at Duval’s Restaurant, Le Moulin de la Galette, Oarsman at Chatou, The Bathers; dies at age 78. | Ref: 4 |
- 1920
| Jan 24 | 35 Amedeo Modigliani, 7/12/1884 1/24/1920Amedeo Modigliani, | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 25 | Amadeo Modigliani Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Amadeo Modigliani's (Italian sculptor/painter) mistress jumps out of a window. Modigliani died the previous day. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Patrick Heron abstract painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Patrick Heron painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Paul Peter Piech artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Elaine de Kooning, American painter, teacher and art critic, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 06 | Bernard Carter British painter/etcher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Jacob van Stolk Azn art collector, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Kees Scherer Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Joan "Maudie" Warburton painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 05 | Max Klinger, German painter, sculptor and engraver, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 24 | Peter Carl Faberge, Russian goldsmith, designer and jeweler whose name was later associated with cosmetics, dies at age 74. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 30 | Aad de Haas Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Albert Roelofs Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 43. | Ref: 5 |
- 1921
| Jan 14 | Charles Gaupp German/Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Adolf von Hildebrand German sculptor, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Xavier Mellery Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Zao-Wou-Ki Chinese/French painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | Ernst Haas, Austrian-born Photojournalist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 06 | Franta Belsky British sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Karel Appel painter (Vragende Children), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Joseph Beuys Germany, avant-garde painter/politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Edward White, American jurist, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
- 1922
| Jan 21 | Jean P Vroom Dutch sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Richard C Diebenkorn Jr US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Pol Bury Belgian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | John Ernest constructionist artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | Richard Stankiewicz US sculptor (1974 Akston Award, 1966 Brandeis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Geraldine McCulloug Maywood IL, painter/sculptor (Phoenix), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 03 | Sven Nykvist cinematographer: Something to Talk About, Sleepless in Seattle, Chaplin, New York Stories, Agnes of God, The Postman Always Rings Twice, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 08 | Lucian Freud Berlin German, artist (Boy With a Rat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1923
| Mar 11 | Morschi Mirando [Thomas Weiss], German/Dutch gypsy artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | Diane Arbus photographer/innovator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Norman Potter cabinetmaker designer/writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Diane Arbus [Nemerov] New York NY, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar, Nudists), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Richard Avedon photographer: famous for his 1960s and ’70s ‘up-against-the-wall’ pictures of celebrities and politicians, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 29 | Adolf Oberländer German painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Ellsworth Kelly American hard-edge [Abstract Geometric] painter: Seine, Green Red Yellow Blue, Blue Yellow Red III, Orange Red Relief, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 17 | Larry Rivers (Yitzroch Grossberg) artist: 9 Kinds of French Money, The Bike Girl, Downtown Lion, Head of an English Girl, Lenin?, Sky Music at Carnegie Hall, Wounded Civil War Soldier, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 18 | Lotti [Charlotte] van der Gaag Dutch sculptor/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1924
| Jan 07 | Roloff Beny Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Jan Willem Radecker sculptor/son of John Radecker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 13 | Philip Rawson artist/teacher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Maurice Prendergas, American-born Canadian painter, dies at age 64. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Günter Haese German sculptor/graphic artist (Guggenheim prize 1967), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Eduardo Paolozzi British sculptor (Hydra), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Peter Baer artist/printmaker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Mart Kempers Dutch graphic artist/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Gerard Wernars Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 09 | Robert Frank, photographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Nov 26 | George Segal NY, sculptor lifelike mixed-media figures (Bus Driver), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1925
| Jan 08 | George Bellows, American painter and lithographer, dies at age 42. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 17 | Duane Hanson US sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 07 | Arthur Berry artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Gerard Hoffnung Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Hugh Leggatt art dealer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Ed van der Elsken movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Johan van Zonderen painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | John Singer Sargent, Italian-born American artist, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
| May 22 | Jean Tinguely Swiss sculptor artist (movement objects), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 12 | Lovis Corinth, Russian-born German Impressionist painter, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 22 | Robert Rauschenberg US, painter (Gloria), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Roger de La Fresnaye, French painter, dies at age 40. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 04 | Maurice Binder NY NY, photographer/film titler (James Bond), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | Felix E Vallotton Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
- 1926
| Mar 12 | Ronald Alley art gallery manager (Tate Gallery), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Michael Rizzello sculpter/coin designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Joseph Pennell artist/author, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Erico Menczer, Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 08 | LeRoy Neiman, American artist known for paintings of athletes, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Jun 14 | Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist painter and printmaker, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 24 | Charles Marion Russell artist: known for his paintings of the American cowboy; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 05 | Claude Monet French impressionist artist: Water Lilies, La Grenouillere, Impression: Sunrise, Old St. Lazare Station, Paris; dies at age 86. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 06 | Claude [Oscar] Monet French painter (impressionist), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
- 1927
| Jan 10 | August(us) Allebé Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Olivier Strebelle Belgian sculptor/ceramist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | Floris H Verster Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Norman Adams painter/ceramic sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Paul Wunderlich German lithographer/painter/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Pasqualino de Santis cinematographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Juan Gris, Spanish painter in the style of Synthetic Cubism, dies at age 40. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 06 | Film maker, pop artist Andy Warhol is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 19 | Piere Alechinsky Belgium, artist (Les Hautes herbes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1928
| Jan 31 | Robert Clatworthy sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Jan [Jean] T Toorop Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Medardo Rosso Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Yves Klein French sculptor/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Yaacov Agam Israeli sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Sir George Frampton, English sculptor and craftsman, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
| May 30 | Agnès Varda French photograph/director (Cléo de 5 à 7, Le bonheur), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Robert Indiana (Clark) artist: As I Opened Fire, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 24 | Arthur B. Davies, American painter, printmaker and tapestry designer, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 31 | Albert Bartholom, French sculptor, dies at age 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | Helen Frankenthaler NY NY, abstract expressionist artist (Arden), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | Friedrich Hundertwasser artist, printer, painter, ecologist: believed that the straight line was from the devil; public buildings should be like nature, simple, yet complex, colorful, efficient and self-sustaining, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1929
| Jan 02 | Erich Wichman[n] Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | Francesco Scavullo Staten Island NY, celebrity photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Claes Oldenburg, American artist and sculptor, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 28 | Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | James Coco Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Apr 06 | Li Yuan-chia artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Abraham van Stolk Jzn art collector, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Robert Welch designer/silversmith (Robert Welch flatware), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 12 | Robert Henri, American painter, dies at age 64. | Ref: 70 |
- 1930
| Jan 13 | Roman Ciesiewicz artist/graphic designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | F G R Cuming painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Anthony Armstrong-Jones [Earl of Snowdon] London England, photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | David Gentleman designer/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | George Bruce painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Raoul de Keyser [Dekeyser], Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | -Photographer Lord Snowdon is born. | Ref: 6 |
| May 15 | Jasper Johns, Jr., Augusta GA, painter/sculptor (Green Target), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Richard Anuszkiewicz Erie PA, painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | John Barth author: Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor, Letters, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 30 | Nestor Almendros, cinematographer: New York Stories, Places in the Heart, Sophie’s Choice, The Blue Lagoon, Kramer vs. Kramer, Love on the Run, The Green Room, Madame Rosa, Cockfighter, Six in Paris, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1931
| Jan 01 | Siddig El Nigoumi ceramicist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Ron Galella celebrity photographer (sued by Jackie O), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Robert Morris sculptor: Observatory, Transcendence, The Fallen and the Saved, Kansas City’s Bull Wall at the American Royal Arena, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 23 | Tom Wesselman US sculptor (Great American Nudes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Han Jansen Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Akseli V Gallen-Kallela Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Theo van Doesburg [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Bridget Riley British painter (op-art), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | David Shepherd painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Johan [Eliza J] de Master art critic/writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Timothy Cole wood engraver, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | Cartoonist Tom Wilson ("Ziggy") is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 07 | Daniel Chester French sculptor: public monuments: Minute Man statue in Concord, MA, Abraham Lincoln seated in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC; dies at age 81. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 21 | John-French Cantr‚ Flemish wood carver/painter/cartoonist, dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Uzo Egonu painter/print maker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1932
| Jan 12 | Alain Teister Dutch sculptor/writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Pieter Brattinga Dutch graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Frans Gailliard Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Dolf Zwerver Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Jan Thorn-Prikker, Dutch painter, designer and decorator, dies at age 64. | Ref: 2 |
| May 24 | Graham Arnold artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 20 | Nam June Paik Seoul Korea, video artist (The Medium is the Medium), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 04 | Joanne Battiste artist (heroines), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | José Maria Capricorne Curaçao graphical designer/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Walter Leblanc Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1933
| Jan 17 | Louis Comfort Tiffany, a craftsman and designer who made significant advancements in the art of glassmaking, dies. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 20 | Hannes Postma Dutch graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Dan Flavin US minimalist sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Roger Wittevrongel Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Joaquín Vaquero Turcios Spanish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 22 | Max Fleischer promoted Lillian Friedman to be the first woman animator in American theatrical films. | Ref: 73 |
| Oct 29 | George Luks, American painter, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 29 | James Rosenquist American pop artist: Silo [1963], World’s Fair Mural [1964], Off the Continental Divide [1973], Marilyn [1974], Sunglasses Landing Net - Triangle [1974], Pale Tent II [1976], is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 11 | Emile C Wauters Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
- 1934
| Mar 20 | Eric Hebborn artist/faker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Richard A Garland artist/photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Phillip King British sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1935
| Feb 08 | Max Liebermann German impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Conrad Klapheck German painter (typewriters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Juliaan de Vriendt Flemish painter, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Jessie Willcox Smith, American painter and illustrator, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
| May 17 | Ivan Slone world-famous watchmaker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | Christo (Christo Javacheff), Bulgaria, artist, wrapper (Running Fence), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | Jim Dine Cincinatti Oh, pop artist (St John the Divine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 15 | Paul Signac, French painter, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 27 | Frederick Childe Hassam, American painter, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 12 | Richard H Hunt Chicago, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Georg Jensen, Danish silversmith and designer, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
- 1936
| Feb 04 | Daan van Golden Dutch sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Olwyn Bowey painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Patrick Procktor painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Elias [Etienne Michiels] Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Joseph Willaert Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Frank Stella abstract artist, sculptor, painter: Empress of India, Guadalupe Island, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 16 | Philippe de Montebello Paris France, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 12 | Hans Haacke Cologne Germany, artist (Right to Life, Dripper Boxes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1937
| May 19 | Sanne Sannes Dutch photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | Henry O Tanner artist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 09 | David Hockney English artist (Pop Art), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 19 | Peter Max (Finkelstein) pop artist: psychedelic best-selling poster; designer: postage stamp: Expo ’74; 1982 World’s Fair official artist, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1938
| Feb 06 | Marianne V von Werefkin Russian/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | William Glackens, American artist, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 15 | Ernst L Kirchner, German Expressionist painter and printmaker, dies at age 58. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 24 | Ernst Barlach, German sculpture and playwright, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 31 | Henricus G Wijmans Dutch graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Richard N Roland Holst Dutch artist/painter, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
- 1939
| Feb 04 | Jacques Charlier Belgian sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Gerrit Lakmaaker sculptor/painter (Leidsepleingroep), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | David Griffiths portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Reinier Lucassen Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Richard Earl of Lichfield English photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 13 | Saul Steinberg artist (The Art of Living), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | Arthur Racham artist, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | Dianne Arndt artist/photographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1940
| Feb 05 | H R Giger artist, special effects designer, (Alien), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Elfi Mikesch cinematographer (Erotique, Out of America, Malina), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 29 | Paul Klee, Swiss artist: abstractionist: Twittering Machine; dies at age 60. | Ref: 4 |
- 1941
| Jan 04 | Jörg Remé German/Dutch painter/graphic artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | Maximilien Luce French painter, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | Ger van Each sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Jan Dibbets sculptor/artist (Dutch Mountains), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | Dale Chihuly Tacoma Wash, artist in glass (Louis Tiffany Award 1967), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | John A Wismont Jr CA, watercolor painter (over 50,000), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | Frank Creton Suriname/Netherlands painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | El Lissitzky, American artist, dies at age 51. | Ref: 70 |
- 1942
| Jan 22 | Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at age 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Painter Grant Wood, creator of "American Gothic," died in Iowa City, Iowa, a day before his 50tht birthday. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 28 | Frank Bonner Little Rock AR, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love, Sidekicks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Johannes E Akkeringa Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and arts patron, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 17 | Cecilia Beaux, American portrait painter, dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 21 | Leendert Round sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
- 1943
| Jan 13 | Sophie Taeuber/Täuber-Arp Swiss sculptor, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | Franz Courtens Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 04 | Oskar Schlemmer German painter/sculptor, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 19 | Camille Claudel, French sculptor, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 02 | William Wegman photographer: photographs, videotapes, paintings and drawings exhibited in museums and galleries internationally; film and video works for Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street and Nickelodeon; works for children: Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Mother Goose, Alphabet Soup; The Hardly Boys in Hardly Gold [screened at 1996 Sundance Film Festival], is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 06 | Firmin Baes Flemish painter, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | William H Singer US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
- 1944
| Jan 16 | Chris de Marigny painter/designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Piet Mondrian, Dutch abstract art painter, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 12 | Jackie Torrence story teller/artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Fausto Agnelli Swiss painter, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Aristide Maillol, French artist, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 13 | Wassily Kandinsky, Russian abstract painter, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 23 | Charles Dana Gibson, American artist and illustrator, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
- 1945
| Mar 02 | Emily Carr, Canadian painter and writer, dies at age 73. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 10 | Hendrik N Werkman resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Gielijn Escher Dutch postage stamp artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist and sculptor, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
| May 05 | Rene Lalique, French jeweler and important figure in the Art Nouveau movement, dies at age 85. | Ref: 70 |
| May 22 | Carel A Lion Cachet lithographer/wood carver, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 28 | Jim Davis, cartoonist for Garfield, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 27 | Stephanie Pogue, artist and art professor. | Ref: 2 |
- 1946
| Jan 24 | Hubert M "Jubi" Kirindongo Curaçaos sculptor/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Ever Meulen [Eddy Vermeulen], Dutch designer (children stamps 1992), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 06 | James Browning Wyeth, Penn, artist (An American Vision-Boston), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 13 | Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 30 | Charles Despiau, French sculptor, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 04 | Robert Mapplethorpe photographer: known for photographs of sadomasochistic rituals, nudes, portraits, still lifes; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1947
| Jan 09 | Lambertus Zijl sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Pierre Bonnard, French painter, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 09 | Lambertus Zijl sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Daphne Todd president (Royal Society of Portrait Painters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Sandra Fisher painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58. | Ref: 5 |
- 1948
| Jul 21 | Arshile Gorky, Turkish-born American postsurrealist abstract painter, dies at age 44. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 28 | Gregg Toland, American motion-picture cinematographer, dies at age 44. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 04 | Lin Onus artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Denton Welch, English painter and novelist, dies at age 33. | Ref: 70 |
- 1949
| Apr 19 | Paloma Picasso [Gilot] Paris France, artist/jewelry designer/actress (Immoral Tales), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | William Newzam Prior Nicholson painter/engraver, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 01 | Annie Leibovitz photographer (Rolling Stones), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1950
| Dec 08 | Rick Baker Binghamton NY, special effects makeup artist (Exorcist), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Max Beckmann German painter/graphic artist, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
- 1951
| Jan 07 | Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 07 | John French Sloan, artist: South Beach Bathers; cofounder of Ashcan Art; dies at age 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 03 | Samantha Fox (Stasia Therese Angela Micula), actress: X-rated films, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1952
| Jan 04 | Constantly Permeke Flemish painter (Boerin), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Larry Bartlett photographic printer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1953
| Jan 11 | Marcel Canneel Flemish painter, dies at 58. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard painter/lithographer/etcher, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Raoul Dufy, French painter and designer, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 29 | Moïse Kisling Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse), dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Yasuo Kuniyoshi Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Helen Chadwick artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | George Barnes cinematographer, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Francis Picabia French painter/illustrator, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Tom Sanders Jackson WY, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1954
| Jan 11 | Edgar Tytgat Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Carl J Eldh Swedish sculptor, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Evert Gorter children's artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Victor Rousseau Belgian sculptor, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Werner Bischof Swiss photographer, dies accidentally at 38. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | John Iles, dolby supervisor (Elephant Man, Richard III), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 13 | Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter famous for her surrealist and expressionist work, dies. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 08 | Andre Derain, French painter and theatrical designer, dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 03 | Henri Matisse, one of the foremost painters of 20th century French art, dies. | Ref: 70 |
- 1955
| Jan 15 | Yves Tanguy, French Surrealist painter, dies at age 55. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 07 | Andrea Fisher artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Paulus B Barth Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Edwin Scharff German painter/sculptor (Rossebändiger), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Daniël G van Beuningen art collector, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 17 | Fernand Leger, French painter/ceramist/cubist (The City), dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 05 | Maurice Utrillo France, painter (Port St Martin, Montmartre), dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 11 | Johan C Altorf sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
- 1956
| Jan 12 | John Raedecker Dutch sculptor (WWII Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Herman Courtens Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Philippo de Pisis Italian painter, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Emile Nolde [Hansen] German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Koo Stark [Kathleen Dee-Anne] photographer/actress (Emily), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Max Beerbohm caricturist/writer (Yet Again), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | Abstract artist Jackson Pollock died in an automobile accident in East Hampton, NY at age 44. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 30 | "Chérie" Samba (Mbimba N'zinga) Zaïre painter (Pitie la prostituée), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1957
| Feb 04 | Miguel Covarrubias Mexican illustrator, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Jane Ackroyd British sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Constantin Brancusi, Romanian abstract sculptor, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 28 | Jack Butler Yeats, Irish painter, dies at age 85. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters Dutch painter, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Heinrich Campendonk German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 25 | Diego Rivera artist: politically controversial murals in Ministry of Education Building, National Palace and other government buildings in Mexico City; dies at age 70. | Ref: 4 |
- 1958
| Jan 01 | Edward Weston, American photographer, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 13 | Georges Rouaul, French painter, printmaker, ceramist and maker of stained glass, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 01 | Giacomo Balla Italian painter, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Pierre-Paul Prud'hon painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Hrvoje Horvatic video artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Keith Haring Kutztown PA, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Yvet Anna painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 18 | Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian-born German illustrator and satirist, dies at age 85. | Ref: 10 |
- 1959
| Oct 06 | Bernard Berenson, American art critic, dies at age 94. | Ref: 70 |
- 1960
| Mar 24 | Paul Joostens Flemish painter, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Fritz Klimsch German sculptor/painter, dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | James Montgomery Flagg illustrator "I want you" recruiting poster, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 22 | Jean-Michel Basquiat Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter (Gray, SAMO), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1961
| Feb 26 | Karl Albiker German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Englebert van Anderlecht Belgian painter, dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | Max Weber, Russian-born American painter, printmaker and sculptor, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
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| Dec 13 | Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) died at the age of 101. The self-taught artist took up painting in her sixties; having her first showing in NY City at the ripe, young age of eighty. Her style was nostalgic and primitive -- mostly rural scenes: The Old Oaken Bucket, Christmas at Home, The Quilting Bee. | Ref: 4 |
- 1962
| Jan 06 | Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | André Lhote French painter/art historian, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Willem Paerels Netherlands/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Augusta Savage, American sculptor and educator, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
| May 13 | Franz Jozef Kline US expressionist painter, dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Natalya Goncharova, Russian painter, sculptor and stage designer, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
- 1963
| May 15 | George Heidweiler Suriname, Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 09 | Jacques Villon, French painter and printmaker & brother of Marcel Duchamp, dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 31 | Georges F Braque, French Cubist painter, dies at age 81 in Paris. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 12 | Edvard Munch, Norwegian artist (The Scream)., is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1964
| Feb 24 | Alexander Archipenko Ukrainian sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Alexander Archipenko sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Albert Saverys Flemish painter, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 17 | Clive Bell, English art critic, dies at age 83. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 02 | Roger Bissière French painter, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
- 1965
| Jan 05 | Paul Arntzenius painter/graphic artist/etcher, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Erik A Blomberg Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | David Smith sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 11 | Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
- 1966
| Jan 11 | Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor, dies at age 64. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 15 | Yves Tanguy, US artist, surrealist, dies. | Ref: 17 |
| Feb 12 | Boty Goodwin artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Hans Hofmann German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Maxfield Parrish, American illustrator and painter, dies at age 95. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 30 | Maxfield Parrish US painter, dies at 95. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | George Creten Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Wäinö V Aaltonen Finnish sculptor, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | Jean Arp, French sculptor, painter and poet, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 10 | Malvina Hoffman, American sculptor, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
- 1967
| May 15 | Edward Hopper US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Sanne Sannes photographer, dies at 30. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 15 | Rene Magritte, Belgian painter, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 19 | Alfred Courtens Belgian sculptor, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
- 1968
| Jan 30 | Tsugouharu T Foujita Japanese/French painter, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Georg von der Vring German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | Erwin Panofsky German/US art historian/iconologist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Kees van Dongen Dutch/French painter, dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, known as The Factory, by Valerie Solanas, an actress and self-styled feminist. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 19 | Cassandre, French graphic artist, dies at age 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Clarence Carter received a gold record for his million-selling hit Slip Away. Carter earned two other gold records for Too Weak to Fight and Patches. The singer from Montgomery, Alabama had been blind since age one and taught himself to play guitar by age 11. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 02 | Marcel Duchamp, French-born American painter, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
- 1969
| Jan 15 | Theodor Werner German painter, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | Ben Shahn US painter, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Johnny Jordan cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Peter Alma painter/graphic artist, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 29 | Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and novelist, dies at age 90. | Ref: 70 |
- 1970
| Feb 25 | Mark Rothko,American Abstract Expressionist painter, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
- 1971
| Mar 13 | Rockwell Kent US artist/painter/illustrator, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Joseph Csaky Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Massimo Campigli Italian painter/illustrator, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 28 | Diane Arbus photographer, commits suicide at 48. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | Jan Altink Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
- 1972
| Jan 28 | Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker Dutch sculptor, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Tom Manders Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Aad de Haas Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Jan Engelman Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Maurits C Escher Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | George Catlin artist: of North [Catlin’s Indian Gallery] and South American natives; dies. | Ref: 4 |
- 1973
| Mar 25 | Edward Steichen, artist, photographer: US Army supervisor of aerial photographic operations [WWI], Vogue, Vanity Fair, US Navy special unit of photographers shot naval aviation and combat [WWII], Director of Dept. of Photography at Museum of Modern Art, New York; dies at age 92. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 08 | Artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso dies at his home near Mougins, France, at age 91. | Ref: 4 |
| May 26 | Jacques Lipchitz, Russian-born French cubist sculptor, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
| May 28 | Jacques Lipchitz Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | Walt Kelly (Walter Crawford Kelly), American cartoonist and illustrator (Pogo author), died | Ref: 68 |
- 1974
| Jan 06 | David Alfaro Siqueiros Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Adolph Gottlieb, American Abstract Expressionist painter, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
- 1975
| Jan 03 | Walter Linck Swiss sculptor, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | Thomas Hart Benson, American painter associated with the American Regionalists of the 1930's, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 01 | Eugeen Yoors Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | Walker Evans, the American photographer best known for his portrayal of America during the Great Depression, dies. | Ref: 70 |
| May 20 | Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
- 1976
| Feb 23 | L S Lowry painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Max Ernst, the German painter and sculptor influential in the Surrealist movement, dies. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 17 | Jean-Jacques Gailliard Belgian painter, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Mark Tobey US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle") painter/cartoonist, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 24 | Imogen Cunningham, American photographer of plants and portraits, dies at age 93. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 12 | James Wong Howe, American Chinese-born cinematographer, dies at age 76. | Ref: 10 |
| Nov 11 | Alexander (Stirling) Calder, sculptor: wood, bronze, mobiles; dies at age 78. | Ref: 4 |
- 1977
| Jan 01 | Ellis Wilson artist: Guggenheim Fellowship winner [1944]; The Open Market of Charleston, Haitian Funeral Procession; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 27 | Charles Alston artist: The Family, Black Man, Black Woman, Walking; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 17 | William Henry Fox Talbot, photography pioneer, produced the first book with photographic illustrations (The Pencil of Nature), dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
- 1978
| Feb 05 | Frans van Immerseel Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 06 | Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American sculptor and designer, dies at age 63. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 08 | Norman Rockwell artist: widely known for his realistic, homespun cover art for The Saturday Evening Post, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at age 84. | Ref: 4 |
- 1979
| Feb 06 | Alain Teister Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | Philippe Halsman, photographer, dies. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 03 | Charles White artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 05 | Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin) cartoonist: Li’l Abner; dies at age 70. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 07 | Mari Andriessen sculptor (Docker), Amsterdam, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector and patron, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
- 1980
| Jan 03 | Axel Springer Jr German photographer, commits suicide at 38. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Cecil Beaton British photographer, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Graham Sutherland, English Surrealistic painter, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 22 | Oskar Kokoschka Austria/British painter/graphic artist, dies at 93. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | Marino Marini, Italian artist, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
- 1981
| Mar 07 | John Gnagy artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
- 1982
| Jan 01 | Paul Belmondo French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orléans), dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Félix L V L J Labisse French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | Ben Nicholson England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Georg G Lampe Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Albert Bird lecture artist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1983
| Mar 13 | Paul R Citroen Dutch sculptor, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | James Van Der Zee, African-American photographer, dies at age 96. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 25 | Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90. | Ref: 5 |
- 1984
| Apr 22 | Ansel Adams, the photographer noted for his landscapes of the American West, dies at age 82. | Ref: 15 |
| Jul 09 | Peter Hurd, American painter, printmaker and illustrator, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
- 1985
| Mar 06 | Eric Sloane US artist, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Marc Chagall, French painter and designer, dies at age 97. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 29 | Marc Chagall artist: Red Nude Sitting Up, I and the Village, Bride with a Fan, The Cattle Dealer, Jew at Prayer, Bella with a White Collar; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| May 12 | Jean Debuffet French painter/sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1986
| Jan 14 | Walter Leblanc Belgian painter, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Georgia O'Keeffe, one of America's foremost 20th-century painters, dies at age 98. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 04 | Frank Mortelmans Belgian painter, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Henry Moore English sculptor: Sheep Piece, Large Oval with Points, Stringed Figure No. 1; dies at age 88. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 12 | Ernst Haas, Austrian-born Photojournalist, dies at age 65. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 15 | Jacqueline Picasso, wife of the painter, found dead of gunshot wound. Suicide was the cause | Ref: 62 |
| Dec 04 | Reuben Nakian US sculptor, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Louis van Lint Belgian painter, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
- 1987
| Jan 04 | Peggy Bacon author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Andy Warhol (Warhola) filmmaker, pop artist: Campbell Soup; “In the future everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes.”; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 22 | Pop artist Andy Warhol dies in a NY City hospital from complications following gall bladder surgery at age 58. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 24 | Constantin Alajalov Russian artist, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 28 | Andr‚ Masson France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 04 | Raphael Soyer artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 06 | William C Pahlmann interior decorator (4 Seasons NYC), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
- 1988
| Apr 17 | Louise Nevelson, sculptor, dies of brain tumor at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 22 | Luigi Lucioni Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87 | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 21 | Robert Gwathmey artist, dies at 85 | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor, dies at age 84. | Ref: 70 |
- 1989
| Jan 23 | Salvadore (Felipe Jacinto) Dalí (y Domenech) surrealist artist, dies in his native Spain at age 84. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 01 | Elaine de Kooning, American painter, teacher and art critic, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 09 | Robert Mapplethorpe US photographer, dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Hans Hartung, German-born French painter dies at age 85. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 08 | Hans Hartung German/French painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1990
| Feb 17 | Keith Haring US graffiti-artist, dies at 31. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Ed van der Elsken Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
- 1991
| Jan 17 | Giacomo Manzu, Italian sculptor, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 14 | Arno Breker German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Ast Fonteyne Flemish lecture artist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Thomas C Lasorda artist/son Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at 33 | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 16 | Robert Motherwell, abstract expressionist artist, dies at age 76. (TWA, 1992). | Ref: 95 |
| Dec 10 | Berenice Abbott US photographer, dies at 93. | Ref: 5 |
- 1992
| Mar 04 | Nestor Almendros cinematographer: New York Stories, Places in the Heart, Sophie’s Choice, The Blue Lagoon, Kramer vs. Kramer, Love on the Run, The Green Room, Madame Rosa, Cockfighter, Six in Paris; dies at age 61. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 06 | (Maria Helena) Vieira da Silva artist: style: Parisian School and abstract expressionism; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 09 | James Brooks artist: Flight: 235 ft. mural at La Guardia National Airport, NY; dies at age 85. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 13 | Hans Redeker Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Martin Engelman Dutch cartoonist/painter/graphic artist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Francis Bacon, English artist who painted expressionist portraits, dies at age 82. | Ref: 70 |
| May 10 | Liesbeth Saijers sculptor, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | George Hurrell Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter, dies at age 95. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 21 | Sybil Andrews English/Canada painter, dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Jan Peeters Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | César [Caesar] Domela painter/son of Ferdinand D Nieuwenhuis, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1993
| Jan 19 | Kees Scherer Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Mark Kolthoff Dutch painter/photographer, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Erik Andriesse Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Peter Roovers Dutch sculptor/teacher (war monuments), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Richard C Diebenkorn Jr US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Jo Boer Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | John P W Meefout sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Harry Elstrøm Danish/Belgian sculptor, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Nemesio Antunes Chilean painter, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Marjorie (Henderson) Buell, cartoonist of Little Lulu, dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 05 | Claude Renoir cinematographer: The Spy Who Loved Me, The River; son of artist Pierre Renoir; dies. | Ref: 4 |
- 1994
| Feb 04 | Han Jansen Dutch painter, dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Theo Bitter Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Karl I Pelgrom Dutch sculptor, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Jacques Doucet French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Robert Doisneau French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Schmidt Hans Burkhardt artist, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Oscar Sheldon A Williams artist/critic, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Richard McClure Scarry, US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Helen Lessore artist, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Clement Greenberg US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Theo Swagemakers portrait painter, dies at 95. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 03 | Lesley Peacock jazz photogrpaher/author, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | Max Bill Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
- 1995
| Jan 02 | Manuel Rivera Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 04 | Jonathan Zeitlyn artist, dies at 43. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Marion Herbst German/Dutch jewelry designer, dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 13 | Arnold Smith painter (Vigelius Prize 1935), dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Michael Whalley Wickham artist, dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Victor Reinganum artist, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Jim Gilbert artist, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Chris de Marigny painter/designer, dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 05 | Frans Köhler Dutch painter, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Wilhelm J Soukop Austrian/British sculptor, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Thelma Hulbert painter, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Ian Ball photographer, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Art Kane photographer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Marguerite Kelsey English painter/sculptor model (Haunting), dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Peter John Norton naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Emile van Moerkerken photographer (Ice Princess), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Frank Fidler artist, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Daan Wildschut Dutch painter/author, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Etienne Martin French sculptor, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Nancy Mayhew Youngman artist/educator, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Lawrence Josset engraver, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 23 | Alfred Eisenstaedt, the German-born photographer whose pioneering images for Life magazine helped define American photojournalism, dies. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 02 | Stanley Devon photographer, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | John Trevor Key photographer, dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Larry Bartlett photographer, dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | James Altgens JFK assassination photographer, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | Mohyedin Alempour tajik artist/journalist, dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
- 1996
| Jan 03 | Terence Tenison Cuneo artist, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Duane Hanson sculptor, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 07 | James Holland artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | Eric Hebborn artist/faker, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Leonor Fini painter, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | Bernard Baily comic artist, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | Roman Ciesiewicz artist/graphic designer, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Broderick Vernon Chinnery-Haldane Photographer, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Edward Adamson art therapist/collector, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Joshua Compston art impressario, dies at 26. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | Helen Chadwick artist, dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Peter Baer artist/printmaker, dies at 72 | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Louis Osman artist/goldsmith/craftsman, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Mervyn Levy artist/critic, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Henry Clarke fashion photographer, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Paul Peter Piech artist, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | Ivor Roberts-Jones sculptor, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 21 | Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant patron of the arts, dies at 96. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Hetta Empson artist, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
- 1997
| Jan 08 | Ronald William Eastman cinematographer, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 13 | William Mills painter, dies at 74 | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Andrea Fisher artist, dies at 21. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Walter Ritchie sculptor, dies at 77 | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Kenneth Rowntree painter, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Austin Andrew Wright sculptor, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Willem de Kooning (abstract artist) dead Alzheimer's at 92 | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Artist Willem de Kooning died in East Hampton, N.Y., at age 92. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 19 | Willem De Kooning, Dutch-born American artist (Abstract), dies of Alzheimers at age 92 | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Susan Seddon Boulet artist, dies of cancer at 45 | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 16 | Dora Maar photographer, model: Picasso’s lover and subject of many paintings; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 01 | Denis Gerald Barrington artist, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 03 | Marian Kratochwil artist, dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | Stanley Cortez cinematographer (Magnificent Ambersons), dies at 92 | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | John Hinde photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Tom Hudson artist/teacher, dies at 75 | Ref: 5 |
- 1998
| Jan 16 | Peter Diamand artistic administrator, dies at 84 | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Luigi Veronesi Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Umberto Mastroianni Italian sculptor, dies at 87 | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 03 | Bob Kane, the American cartoonist best known for creating 'Batman,' dies. | Ref: 70 |
- 2000
| Aug 22 | Art dealer Leo Castelli died in NY at age 91. (TWA, 2000) | Ref: 95 |
- 2001
| Mar 19 | Jacob Kainen artist; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 22 | William Hanna cartoonist: half of Hanna-Barbera team: The Flintstones; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 01 | "Dennis the Menace" creator Hank Ketcham dies in Pebble Beach, CA at age 81. (XDC, p 4A, 6/01/2002) | Ref: 83 |
- 2002
| Jan 07 | Yves Saint Laurent announced his retirement and closure of the fashion house he'd started 40 years earlier. | Ref: 70 |
- 2003
| Jan 20 | Al Hirschfeld, artist known for his caricatures of theatre personalities, dies in New York City at age 99. (TWA, 2004). | Ref: 95 |
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