Leonard Baskin is a sucessuful person in many different professions. He is a skilled book illustrator, printmaker, graphic artist, writer, teacher and most importantly, a sculptor. He was born right before the Great Depression and World War II, otherwise known as the Holocaust. He was born as the son of a Rabbi and was taught at a Jewish Religous School throughout his childhood. He had his first sculpture exhibition at just seventeen years old and studied abroad for many years. He died at the age of 77, most well-known for his bas relief for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial and the sculpture on your left. The Jewish religon was obivious in many of Baskin's works throughout his entire career.
This sculpture has to do with one of the most important events in Jewish history. It is a Holocaust memorial set up in Ann Arbor, Michigan which displays a person most likely crying.
This sculpture is a great example of emotionalism trying to get you to feel the sadness associated with the Holocaust. The sculpture is also black, maybe to give you a feeling of the coldness of that horrible tragedy. This probably has to do with the fact that Baskin was a teenager when the Holocaust occured and probably effected him greatly, especially because of the fact that his father was a Rabbi. I think this sculpture truly captures the sadness of this event which Jewish people around the world will hopefully never forget.
Leonard Baskin, Holocaust Memorial, Ann Arbor, Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LBAAHol2.jpg
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