Bernard Safran
Self Portrait(At the age of 43)1967, 20" x 25", oil on masoniteBernard Safran was born in New York City in 1924 to Russian immigrant parents.His father had fled Czarist Russia after escaping from a Siberian prison camp;his mother had been sent to America at age thirteen by her Polish refugee parents, who could not afford passage for themselves.Safran displayed an early aptitude for art, attended New York's High School of Music and Art, and later graduated from the Pratt Institute Art School.His studies at Pratt were interrupted when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II.He served from 1942 to 1945 with the U.S Army Engineer Corps in China, Burma and India.In 1946 he began to work as a commercial illustrator,freelancing for the numerous publishers in New York City.He concentrated on book jackets for mystery and Western paperbacks,eventually producing about 100 covers.He also did many magazine illustrations and the artwork for several illustrated books. Sleeping1986, 16" x 33", oil on masonite The Old Lady1970, 18" x 24", oil on masonite The Manhattan Bridge1970, 17" x 24", oil on masonite The Window1970, 18" x 24", oil on masonite The Renovation1971, 12" x 20", oil on masonite The Fish Store1970, 18" x 24", oil on masonite Gossip1986, 20" x 28", oil on masonite The Bookstore1971, 20" x 39", oil on masonite The Garment Center1970, 20" x 37", oil on masonite Clotheslines1969, 19" x 37", oil on masonite The Hat Maker1971, 21" x 30", oil on masonite Subway Rider1971, 17" x 24", oil on masonite
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