I’ve written here before about the work of David Levine, the late artist best known for his wonderful caricatures of public figures and politicos that graced many magazines for several decades, writing once about a caricature of composer Richard Wagner and another time about a painting of a pig’s head . Despite his fame as a pen-and-ink caricaturist, Levine [...]
Posts Tagged ‘David Levine’
The Coney Island Coaster of David Levine
Posted in Biographical, Favorite Things, Influences, tagged Coney Island, David Levine on January 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Additions
Posted in Favorite Things, Influences, tagged David Levine, Richard Wagner, Thomas Buechner on November 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
There are a couple of new paintings that have been added to the group of work I have hanging in my studio. The two paintings could not be more different yet both have meaning and inspiration for me. The first is the oil painting shown here, Pig’s Head from David Levine. The late Levine was the celebrated [...]
David Levine’s Wagner
Posted in Favorite Things, Neat Stuff, tagged David Levine, Richard Wagner, Thomas Buechner on October 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This is a caricature of famed German composer Richard Wagner drawn by the great David Levine. It was one of the many,many caricatures that he created in an illustrious career for the New York Review of Books and other major magazines. Levine was considered the king of caricature and, according to John Updike, was ”one of America’s assets.” I recently [...]
