Leonard Baskin

(American, 1922–2000)

drawings for the iliad (complete set of six etchings)  by leonard baskin

Leonard Baskin

Drawings for the Iliad (complete set of six etchings) , 1962

1,750 EUR

an iris for lisa by leonard baskin

Leonard Baskin

An Iris for Lisa, 1970

375 EUR

edvard munch by leonard baskin

Leonard Baskin

Edvard Munch, 1964

750 EUR

the temptation of st. anthony / st. anthony with the red monster  by leonard baskin

Leonard Baskin

The Temptation of St. Anthony / St. Anthony with the Red Monster , 1952

1,250 EUR

egon schiele by leonard baskin

Leonard Baskin

Egon Schiele, 1982

1,500 EUR

ernst barlach by leonard baskin

Leonard Baskin

Ernst Barlach, 1982

750 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1922
Born August 15, New Brunswick, NY
1929 - 1938
Studied at Yeshiva, Brooklyn, NY
1939 - 1940
Studied at New York University School of Architecture and Allied Arts
1940
Recieved Honorable mention for sculpture, Prix de Rome
1941 - 1943
Scholarship, Yale University School of Fine Arts New Haven, CT
1943 - 1946
Served in the United States Navy
1947
Recieved Tiffany Foundation Fellowship for Sculpture
1949
BA, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
1950
Studied Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France
1951
Studied Accademia di Belle Arte, Florence

Exhibitions

2008
NaturPapier, KunsGarten, Graz
2007
Graphic Force, Humanist Vision, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (solo)
Madea and Her Sisters: Leonard Baskin's Images of Women, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (solo)
Clear Cut, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Art Inspires Music: Interdisciplinary Gallery Project 3, ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Framed: The Art of the Portrait, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
2006
Leonard Baskin: Portrait Prints and the Gehenna Press, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN (solo)
More than Coffee was Served, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
New Acquisitions: Prints, ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Spotlight, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2005
Currents: Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Modern and Contemporary Prints, Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
2004
Leonard Baskin: Creatures of Darkness, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC (solo)
Leonard Baskin: Two Portfolios, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK (solo)
Objects of Our Desire: Sculpture from the Sheldon, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2003
DeCordova Collects: Gifts from Stephen and Sybil Stone, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2002
Images of Nature, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2001
Leonard Baskin, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON (solo)
The Modern Woodcut, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000
Leonard Baskin: Monumental Prints, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1998
Leonard Baskin: 1947-1998, Hunter Museum of Art Chattanooga, TN