Leonard Baskin
1922–2000
Introduction
Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (1942–2000). One of America's first fine arts presses, it went on to become "one of the most important and comprehensive art presses of the world", often featuring the work of celebrated poets, such as Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Anthony Hecht, and James Baldwin side by side with Baskin's bold, stark, energetic and often dramatic black-and-white prints. Called a "Sculptor of Stark Memorials" by the New York Times, Baskin is also known for his wood, limestone, bronze, and large-scale woodblock prints, which ranged from naturalistic to fanciful, and were frequently grotesque, featuring bloated figures or humans merging with animals. "His monumental bronze sculpture, The Funeral Cortege, graces the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C."
Wikidata identifier
Q2601617
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, art collector, collector, engraver, illustrator, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500003136
Names
Leonard Baskin
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed February 28, 2024.
30 works
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Indian with James Garfield Pendant
1971 -
Moby Dick
1970 -
William Morris
1969 -
Rudolphe Bresdin
1969 -
Camille Corot
1969 -
Theodule Ribot
1969 -
Odilon Redon
1969 -
Gustave Courbet
1969 -
Caspar David Friedrich
1969 -
J.F. Millet and Theodore Rousseau, From Self Portraits
1969 -
Constantin Meunier
1969 -
Jacques Gamelin
1969 -
Charles Meryon
1969 -
George Minne
1969 -
Pictor Ignotus
1969 -
Eugene Carriere
1968, printed 1969 -
Thomas Eakins
1966 -
Eakins
1965 -
Hephaestus
1963 -
Horizontal Bird
1961 -
Oppressed Man
1960 -
Purim
c. 1960 -
Owl
1960 -
(Illustration for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea: The Old Man, Number 2)
c. 1958 -
(Illustration for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea)
c. 1958 -
Tormented Man
1956 -
Poet Laureate
1956 -
Daggoo
n.d. -
Queequeq
n.d. -
Tashtego
n.d.