Leonard Baskin

Place: New Brunswick

Born: 1922

Death: 2000

Biography:

Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher. Throughout his career, Baskin maintained a commitment to the superiority of figurative art, and to the theme of human mortality. Baskin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of a rabbi who th...