# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-baskin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:49:18.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-baskin"
name: "Leonard Baskin"
slug: "leonard-baskin"
description: "Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor, draughtsman, and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (1942–2000). One of America's first fine arts presses, it went on to become \"one of the most important and comprehensive art presses of the world\", often featuring the work of poets, such as Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Anthony Hecht, and James Baldwin side by side with Baskin's bold, stark, energetic and often dramatic black-and-white prints. Called a \"Sculptor of Stark Memorials\" by the New York Times, Baskin is also known for his wood, limestone, bronze, and large-scale woodblock prints, which ranged from naturalistic to fanciful, and were frequently grotesque, featuring bloated figures or humans merging with animals. \"His monumental bronze sculpture, The Funeral Cortege, graces the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.\""
tagline: "American artist (1922–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leonard_Baskin_Isak.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1922-08-15"
deathDate: "2000-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.4
  momentum:             4.939024390243902
  historical:           7.22772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ليونارد باسكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leonard Baskin"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Baskin"
    title: "Leonard Baskin"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Baskin"
    title: "Leonard Baskin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Baskin"
    title: "Leonard Baskin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Baskin"
    title: "Leonard Baskin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonard_Baskin"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2601617"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump