Obituaries (print edition)

Obituary: Johnny von Pflügl (1940-2021)
01 March 2021Johnny, of Austrian, Belgian and English parentage, was born in London and educated at Downside, a Catholic boarding school in Somerset.

‘A great connoisseur of art’ – Richard L Feigen (1930-2021)
08 February 2021The US art dealer Richard L Feigen has died at the age of 90. A notice in the New York Times stated he ‘died peacefully in his sleep after a brief illness with Covid-19 pneumonia’.

Obituary: Peter Kay 1935-2021
08 February 2021One of my oldest and dearest friends, Peter Kay, died at St Mary’s Hospital in London.

Obituary: James O’Connor 1930-2021
08 February 2021James Joseph O’Connor was known to many as a wonderful character, amusing, knowledgeable and a very charismatic writer and art dealer.

Obituary: Richard L Feigen 1930-2021
08 February 2021It is with profound sadness that we write to you about the passing of our founder and chairman, Richard L Feigen.

Obituary: Richard Day
08 February 2021Richard Day, who died on January 22 aged 84, was born in India, the son of a district officer in the Indian Civil Service.

Obituary: dealer Angela Short
18 January 2021Angela Short (previously Linstead), the well-known Tunbridge Wells dealer, passed away peacefully on December 5 aged 89.

Obituary: ceramics dealer David March (1936-2020)
18 January 2021David was a well-known dealer in the antique ceramic world. He exhibited at the second ever Antiques for Everyone at the Birmingham NEC and every one after until his retirement. He became a vetter and remained so until his last fair.

Obituary: Art dealer Robert Stoppenbach (1948-2020)
11 January 2021It was with deep sadness that I learned of the passing of our gallery founder and friend, Robert Stoppenbach, on December 26.

Obituary: William Millin (1929-2020)
04 January 2021My dad, known affectionately as Willie, died suddenly on November 9, 2020, the last in the line of three siblings, leaving behind Marian, his wife of 68 years, two children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren – he was much blessed.

Obituary: Ann Kiddell (1944-2020)
21 December 2020During her time of over 20 years with LAPADA, Annie was more often the ’go to’ for most association enquiries. Hers was the voice of helpfulness and friendliness and it was quite a distinctive voice, gained largely over many years of enjoyably puffing on cigarettes. Ultimately it was smoking which contributed to the cancer she suffered in her latter years.

Obituary: Michael Barnes of East Bristol Auctions
30 November 2020East Bristol Auctions is sad to announce the passing of Michael Barnes – much-loved porter, colleague and friend.

Obituary: Moira Cohen (1940-2020)
16 November 2020It is with great sadness that we break the news of the passing of Moira Cohen on September 20.

Obituary: Thomas Fidelo (1932-2020)
16 November 2020Although he was 87, the death on August 31 of Thomas Fidelo (‘Tom’) came as a deep shock to his network of friends throughout the arts world in Edinburgh and beyond.

Obituary: Graham Leishman Stewart (1955-2020)
16 November 2020Graham Leishman Stewart, who died in Edinburgh on October 28, is widely regarded as one of the finest silversmiths of his generation.
Obituary: Robert A Luck
02 November 2020Robert was born in Stirling, Scotland, in April 1943 and being always interested in design and architecture, soon got a job at Heal’s in Tottenham Court Road.

Obituary: Anthony Foster (1924-2020)
19 October 2020It is with great sadness that I am writing this obituary of my father, Tony Foster, who passed away after a very short illness, aged 96.

Obituary: Martin J Zimet (1931-2020)
12 October 2020Art dealer Martin Zimet died on September 25, aged 88.

Obituary: Ian Curry
05 October 2020It is with profound regret that the family, friends and colleagues of Ian Curry announce his death after a brave battle with cancer at the age of just 49.

Obituary: Andrew Hartley
05 October 2020Auctioneer Andrew Dickson Hartley (of Hartleys of Ilkley) died on September 3, aged 75.

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