Editing 1983 in art (section)

===July to December===
* 14 July – [[Philip Zec]], British editorial [[cartoonist]] (b. [[1909 in art|1909]]).
* 12 August – [[Franz Radziwill]], German painter (b. [[1895 in art|1895]]).
* 18 August – [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], German-born British art historian (b.[[1902 in art|1902]]).
* 28 October – [[Otto Messmer]], American [[animator]] (b.[[1892 in art|1892]]).
* 5 November – [[Jean-Marc Reiser]], French [[comic book creator|comics creator]] (b.[[1941 in art|1941]]).
* 17 November – [[John Russell Harper]], Canadian art historian (b.[[1914 in art|1914]]).
* 2 December – [[Aart van den IJssel]], Dutch sculptor (b.[[1922 in art|1922]]).
* 20 December – [[Bill Brandt]], German-born British photographer and photojournalist (b.[[1904 in art|1904]]).
* 23 December – [[Colin Middleton]], Irish artist (b.[[1910 in art|1910]]).
* 25 December – [[Joan Miró]], Spanish [[painting|painter]], [[sculpture|sculptor]] and [[Ceramics (art)|ceramicist]] (b.[[1893 in art|1893]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/joan-miro-the-birth-of-the-world|title=MoMA {{!}} Joan Miró. The Birth of the World. Montroig, late summer–fall 1925|website=www.moma.org|access-date=2016-09-08}}</ref>