Matthäus Merian
Matthäus Merian, the Swiss engraver, active in Germany, died in Bad Schwalbach. -1650
Max Pechstein
Max Pechstein, a German painter and printmaker, died in West Berlin. He studied at the Dresden Kunstakademie, becoming a major force in the rise of German Expressionism. He and Kirchner established the MUIM, a private painting and drawing school in Berlin. He was member or the Preussische Akademie der Kunste. -1805
Jean-Etienne Chaponniére
Jean-Etienne Chaponniére, the Swiss sculptor and painter, active in France, died in Mornex, near Geneva. -1835
Julijs Boldemars Feders
Julijs Boldemars Feders, the Latvian painter and teacher, was born in Koknese, Latvia. -1838
Joseph Paelinck
Joseph Paelinck, the Flemish painter, died in Brussels. -1839
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, the Flemish painter, died in Paris. -1840
Beatrix Jones Farrand
Beatrix Jones Farrand, the American landscape designer, was born in New York. -1872
Gideon Shryock
Gideon Shryock, the American painter, died in Louisville, Kentucky. -1880
Adrian Ludwig Richter
Adrian Ludwig Richter, the German painter, printmaker and illustrator, died in Dresden. -1884
Karl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher
Karl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher, the German architect, theorist, and writer, died in Berlin. -1889
John Heartfield
John Heartfield, the German graphic artist and stage designer, was born in Berlin. -1891
Johan Carl Christian Petersen
Johan Carl Christian Petersen, the Danish architect, died in Copenhagen. -1923
William Siew Wai
William Siew Wai, the Singaporean architect, was born in Hong Kong. -1932
Derek Boshier
Derek Boshier, the English painter, sculptor, photographer and printmaker, was born in Portsmouth. He studied at the Yeovil School of Art, the Guildford College of Art and the Royal College of Art. He was associated with Pop art. He produced elemental shapes made of neon. He also experimented with photographs, films, collages, constructions, books, and posters. -1937
Charles Gwathmey
Charles Gwathmey, the American architect and teacher, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. -1938
Erich Erler
Erich Erler, the German painter, died in Icking. -1946
Neculai Paduraru
Neculai Paduraru, the Romanian sculptor and painter, was born in Sagna. He studied at the Institute of Fine Art, in Bucharest. Most of his works are in bronze and are generally small. Since the 1970's he concentrated in painting and produced expressive works. He was given a retrospective exhibition in 1988 at the Dalles Art Gallery. -1946
József Egry
József Egry, the Hungarian painter and draughtsman, died in Badacsonytomaj, Lake Balaton. -1951
Harold Pierce Cazneaux
Harold Pierce Cazneaux, the Austrian photographer, of New Zealand birth, died in Sidney. -1953
Martin Bloch
Martin Bloch, the German painter and teacher, died in London. His first one-man exhibition took place in Paul Cassirer Gallery. He shared the heightened palette and subjectivity of the German Expressionists. -1954
Josef Fanta
Josef Fanta, the Bohemian architect, designer and teacher, died in Prague. He studied at the Czech Imperial Polytechnic in Prague, and then he went to Italy to study Renaissance architecture. He designed several tombs and memorials; the most notable being the memorial for the Battle of Austerlitz. -1954
Hermann Max Pechstein
Hermann Max Pechstein, the German painter and printmaker, died in West Berlin. -1955
Elizabeth Whitworth Scott
Elizabeth Whitworth Scott, the English architect, died in Bournemouth. -1972
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
The piece "Venus Au Bain" signed, circa 1873-74, by the French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, was sold at auction from the collection of the British Rail Pension Fund in London for $2,986,500. -1990
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
Playa de Valencia, signed and dated 1908, by the Spanish painter, Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida was sold at auction in London for $3,285,150. -1990
Steen Eiler Rasmussen
Steen Eiler Rasmussen, the Danish urban planner, architect and writer, died in Copenhagen. -1990
Tatuso Miyajima
An exhibition on the work of the Japanese artist Tatuso Miyajima, whose installations are as visually exciting as any art being made today, opened at the Hayward Gallery in London. -1997
Linda McCartney
A Linda McCartney exhibit opened at The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. The wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney died of breast cancer. The exhibit included about 50 color and black-and-white photos of rock legends (including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead). -1999
Johnson Museum of Art
The Johnson Museum of Art presented three exhibits. The first was titled "Images of the Natural World: Bente King and Anna Comstock". The exhibit featured the work of two Ithacans, known for their illustrations of flowers, trees, and other plant life. The second exhibit was "From Neue Wilde to Video: The Verhoeven Collection". This exhibit presented paintings, sculptures, and electronic works by contemporary artists from Germany and elsewhere. The third exhibit was titled "Birds in Art". The exhibit featured images of birds from many cultures and eras, assembled in honor of the annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society. -1999
Alfred Stieglitz-Georgia O'Keeffe
The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film had just opened the exhibit titled "The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz-Georgia O'Keeffe's Enduring Legacy". In 1951, the great American painter Georgia O'Keeffe chose George Eastman House to receive an important gift of photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, to whom she had once been married. This gift, which included many of the famed portraits of O'Keeffe, formed the foundation of the Museum's extensive Stieglitz collection. For the first time, the Museum drew upon this collection to present an exhibition of 110 photographs ranging from the 1890s to 1935. -2000
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