Category Archives: Art

Artist Profile: Frank Larson (1896 — 1964)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

I just recently discovered the work of photographer Frank Larson and he is now one of my photographic heroes.  The son of Swedish immigrants, Larson served in the army during World War I and lived most of his life in New York City.  By day, he worked as an auditor for the Empire Trust Company in Manhattan.  But at night and on the weekends, he would explore the city with his camera.  His pictures, which he developed and printed in a darkroom in his basement, captured New York City in the 1950s.  You can see a few of his pictures below but you should also visit The Photography of Frank Oscar Larson to see more of his wonderful work!

Across from St. Patricks 1954Cars Under Streetlights 1958Cat With Coke Bottle 1953Chrysler Reflection 42nd Street Near 5th Ave 1954Clergy 1955Columbus Park Man on Bench 1953Invaders From Mars 1953Johnny Guitar 2 1954Man Waiting For Train 1954Softball Game Central Park 1953

Train Watching Marble Hill The Bronx 1955Under the Brooklyn Bridge 1954Water Street At Fletcher 1958

 

Artist Profile: Saul Levine (1915 — ????)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

I couldn’t find much autobiographical information on the artist Saul Levine.  He was born in New York in the 1915 and he studied at the Corcoran School of Art and Design and graduated from Yale’s School of Fine Arts.  It appears that he began his career in the late 30s, doing paintings of everyday life during the Great Depression.  He painted murals for two post offices in Massachusetts and his paintings were exhibited in the Whitney, the Carnegie, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts.  In the 1950s, he painted a handful of paperback covers.  Searching the web, I found a death notice for a Saul Levine who was born in 1915 and died in 2010.  However, I don’t know if that notice was for the same Saul Levine.

Below are a few of his paperback covers, followed by some of his paintings:

123456789DustbowlMan on The StreetScan 16Tales of WarThe Subway