David Levine Artist

David Levine (December 20, 1926 – December 29, 2009) was an American artist and illustrator best known for his caricatures in The New York Review of Books. Jules Feiffer has called him "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th Century".

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 20, 1926
Birth place
Brooklyn
Nationality
United States
Date of deathDecember 29, 2009
Place of death
New York City

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Artist

Field of work
Illustration
Influenced
training at
Pratt Institute
Temple University
Hans Hofmann

Topical connections

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David Levine on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://emdashes.com/2008/10/vile-bodies-david-levines-pric.php
  2. http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/130698/why_did_the_new_york_times_kill_this_image_of_henry_kissinger_(not_for_his_naked_butt_cheeks!)
  3. http://www.davidlevineart.com
  4. http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=David-Levine-American-Presidents-Exhibit-in-NYC.html&Itemid=113
  5. http://www.nybooks.com/gallery
  6. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/arts/design/31levine.html