Gene Szafran
Product Details
Gene Szafran, American, 1941-2011. A 1950s watercolor on paper nude portrait. Signed "Szafran" and dated "'59" lower right. Image 17 x 23" high, in painted black wooden frame 33 1/2 x 24 3/4" high overall.
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Biography:
Born in Hamtramck, Michigan, Szafran studied at the College for Creative Studies and Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Eventually joining the faculty at CCS, he was also an art instructor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. During his time in New York he developed multiple sclerosis which devastated him, severely affecting his mobility and cutting short his career as an illustrator. He was known for illustrations in magazines including Playboy and Fortune and cover art for science fiction books published by Bantam and Ballantine during the 1960s to 1980s, including a series of Signet paperbacks of Robert A. Heinlein's work.