Saul Raskin
Title: Saul Raskin
Inclusive Dates: 1940
ID: RG 1239
Extent Information
3"; 1 3"ovr
Administrative/Biographical History
Artist. Studied lithography in Odessa. Continued studies in art schools in Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy. Worked for Yiddish newspapers as a cartoonist, especially for *Der groiser kundes* (N.Y.). Wrote articles on art and the theater in *Tsayt-gayst*, *Freie Arbeiter Stimme*, *Zukunft*, *Dos Naye lebn*,(N.Y.). Published albums of his art works, including a series of engravings based on the tractate *Pirke avot* (Ethics of the Fathers), 1940. Born in Nogaisk, Russia. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1904. Died in New York.
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