1983 in art

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The year 1983 in art involved some significant events and new works.

Events

24 February – Roy Krenkel, American illustrator (b.1918).
3 March – Hergé, Belgian comics writer and artist (b.1907).^[1]
21 May – Kenneth Clark, English author, museum director, broadcaster and art historians (b.1903).
8 June – Rachel Baes, Belgian painter (b.1912).

14 July – Philip Zec, British editorial cartoonist (b. 1909).
18 August – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British art historian (b.1902).
28 October – Otto Messmer, American animator (b.1892).
5 November – Jean-Marc Reiser, French comics creator (b.1941).
17 November – John Russell Harper, Canadian art historian (b.1914).
2 December – Aart van den IJssel, Dutch sculptor (b.1922).
20 December – Bill Brandt, German-born British photographer and photojournalist (b.1904).
23 December – Colin Middleton, Irish artist (b.1910).
25 December – Joan Miró, Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist (b.1893).^[2]