Levin, Jack

Born into a Litvak family, Levin grew up on the southern tip of Boston, where he observed street life consisting of European immigrants and widespread poverty and social problems that became the topics of his work. ^[7] At first he was engaged in drawing with Harold K. Zimmerman in 1924-31. From 1929 to 1933 at Harvard University, Levin and classmate Hyman Bloom studied and Dinman Ross. In 1932, with the assistance of Ross, Levin's paintings were exhibited at the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard, and three years later, Ross was bequeathed to the Museum of 20 Levin's paintings. ^[eight]

A documentary was shot about the artist’s life: “Jack Levine: Feast of Pure Reason” (Jack Levine: Feast of Pure Reason, 1989).

The artist worked primarily in an expressive manner. Satire prevails in his work on modern life: “The funeral of a gangster” (1952-1953), “Election night” (1954), “Inauguration” (1956-1958), and “The Sabbath of witches” (1963). A special place is occupied by the biblical theme: “King David” (1940), “Hezekiah” (1956), “Cain and Abel” (1961). Works by Jack Levin are in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago , the Museum of Modern Art (New York) , the Metropolitan Museum of Art , and other museums in New York , Washington , Boston, Jerusalem , the Vatican .

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• Getlein F. Jack Levine. New York, Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 1966. Illustrated with 169 plates.
• Frankel, Robert Stephen, Jack Levine. Rizzoli, 1989. ISBN 0-8478-0977-3
• Podlesnik, Joseph "Jack Levine: Nothing New, Nothing Old, Just Good and Bad" // A Journal of Art, Cornell University, 1991

• Pictures of Jack Levine on a site dedicated to the artist
• Jack Levin - an article from the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia