Elizabeth Catlett was seen as one of the 20th century’s most important African American artists. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Lucia Eames with her son, Eames Demetrios, outside the famed Pacific Palisades house built by Charles and Ray Eames. Lucia Eames died April 1 at 83. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A May 1972 photograph of Mad magazine Editor Al Feldstein, center, in his office. As editor, he boosted circulation from around 375,000 to more than 2 million. (Jerry Mosey / Associated Press)
Swiss artist H.R. Giger poses with two of his works in 2007. (Arno Balzarini / Associated Press)
Nancy Holt’s “Sun Tunnels” in Utah consists of huge tubes precisely oriented to frame not only landscapes in the distance but also the ever-changing patterns of the sun and stars in the sky. (Christine Baczek / Utah Museum of Fine Arts)
Nancy Holt at her Sun Tunnels installation in October 2012. (Christine Baczek / Utah Museum of Fine Arts)
Jerry Rothman, seen with his piece “Bay Views,” has ceramic works that are housed in the Smithsonian and LACMA. A sculptor who refused to conform to artistic norms, Rothman has died at 80. (Al Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Uruguayan artist Carlos Paez Vilaro in 2009 in Casapueblo, the sprawling four-star hotel outside Punta del Este that included his workshop and a museum. (Miguel Rojo, AFP/Getty Images)
