• Recent Obituaries - Art/Architecture



  • Jeanne-Claude , 74 (1935 - 2009)

    Jeanne-Claude

    The Associated Press NEW YORK — Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Jeanne-Claude died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm, her family said in an e-mail statement. Mayor Michael Bloomberg...

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  • Jose Cisneros (2009)

    Jose   Cisneros

    EL PASO, Texas (Associated Press) - Artist Jose Cisneros, known for his vivid depictions of the people and culture of the Southwest, has died in El Paso. A funeral mass was scheduled Wednesday for Cisneros, who died Saturday, said Dolores Bolanos with Martin Funeral Home in El Paso. Cisneros was 99. Cisneros was honored with a 2001 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President George W...

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  • Thomas Benton Hollyman, 89 (1919 - 2009)

    Thomas  Benton  Hollyman

    NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Thomas Benton Hollyman, a leading magazine photographer who worked on the classic movie "Lord of the Flies," has died at 89. Hollyman died Saturday in Austin Texas, according to his daughter. Graydon Carter, managing editor of Vanity Fair, included Hollyman in a roundup of "photographic greats." The son of a Presbyterian pastor, he was a staff...

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  • Irving Kriesberg (2009)

    Irving  Kriesberg

    NEW YORK (Associated Press) - American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements. His son, Matthias, tells The New York Times his father died Nov. 11 of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 90. Kriesberg's works appear in major museums, including New York's Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum...

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  • Sheldon Dorf (2009)

    Sheldon  Dorf

    SAN DIEGO (AP) - Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76. A longtime friend, Greg Koudoulian, says the Ocean Beach resident died at a San Diego hospital on Tuesday from kidney failure. He had diabetes and had been hospitalized for about a year. Dorf, a freelance artist and comic strip letterer, founded Comic-Con in San...

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