NEW YORK—Artist Paul Edlin died on August 16, apparently from a heart attack, Artforum reports. Edlin, who was born in 1931, was known for his collages made from tiny pieces of postage stamps. His work has received a lot of attention over the past 10 years — during which time he also battled cancer — culminating in a 2007 solo show at the Longyear Museum at Colgate University. His works are part of the collections of Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne and Musée de la Communication in Bern. According to an announcement by Andrew Edlin Gallery, Paul was part of the reason that Andrew, Paul's nephew, founded the gallery.

LONDON—Art historian Michael Baxandall died on August 12 at the age of 74. One of the most influential art historians of the latter half of the 20th century, Baxandall is largely credited with introducing ideas about language and rhetoric into and broadening the context for the study of works of art. He worked at the Warburg Institute for much of his life, beginning there in 1958 in the photographic collection. In 1961 he moved to the Victoria and Albert Museum as assistant keeper in the department of architecture and sculpture, but returned to the Warburg in 1965. His first two books, Giotto and the Orators (1971) and Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy (1972), established him as a major intellectual figure. Among his many distinctions are the Mitchell Prize for art history, which he received for his book The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany, and a MacArthur Foundation award. Baxandall suffered increasingly from Parkinson's disease in the later years of his life.

SAN MARINO, Calif.—George Boone, an orthodontist turned real estate developer and a major Southern California philanthropist, died on August 12 of Parkinson's disease. Boone, 85, donated to many organizations in support of education and the arts. He and his wife, MaryLou, made their first major donation in 1983, to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The couple was also responsible for the creation of the museum's interactive Boone Children's Gallery. In 1999, the Boone Sculpture Garden was unveiled at Pasadena City College, and in 2000, the MaryLou and George Boone Gallery at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino opened as a venue for temporary art exhibitions. Most recently, in March, the University of Southern California dedicated the George and MaryLou Boone Center for Science and Environmental Leadership, which the university calls a "Camp David for the environment."