Editing 1973 in art (section)

===January to June===
*[[January 17]] – [[Tarsila do Amaral]], [[Brazil]]ian modernist artist (b. [[1886 in art|1886]]).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Damian|first=Carol|year=1999|title=Tarsila Do Amaral: Art and Environmental Concerns of a Brazilian Modernist|journal=[[Woman's Art Journal]]|volume=20|issue=1|pages=3–7|doi=10.2307/1358838|jstor=1358838}}</ref>
*[[March 14]] – [[Chic Young]], American [[cartoonist]] (b. [[1901 in art|1901]]).
*[[March 25]]
**[[Gerda Höglund]], [[Swedes|Swedish]] religious painter (b. [[1878 in art|1878]]).
**[[Edward Steichen]], American [[Photography|photographer]], painter and curator (b. [[1879 in art|1879]]).
*[[April 8]] – [[Pablo Picasso]], Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (b. [[1881 in art|1881]]).
*[[April 13]] – [[Henry Darger]], American [[outsider art]]ist (b. [[1892 in art|1892]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Bonesteel|title=Henry Darger: Art and Selected Writings|publisher=Random House Incorporated|year=2000|isbn=9780847822843|page=13}}</ref>
*[[April 28]] – [[Siri Derkert]], Swedish artist, sculptor and political campaigner (b. [[1888 in art|1888]]).
*[[May 1]] – [[Asger Jorn]], Danish artist and essayist (b. [[1914 in art|1914]]).
*[[May 12]] – [[Edith Tudor Hart]], née Suschitzky, Austrian-born photojournalist and communist agent in Britain (b. [[1908 in art|1908]]).
*[[May 16]] – [[Albert Paris Gütersloh]], Austrian painter and writer (b. [[1887 in art|1887]]).
*[[May 18]] – [[Ronald Ossory Dunlop]], Irish author and painter (b. [[1894 in art|1894]]).
*[[May 21]] – [[Montague Dawson]], English maritime painter (b. [[1890 in art|1890]]).