David Levine

Born in Brooklyn, New York, David Levine was a caricaturist and painter whose works appeared in the New York Review of Books for more than four decades. A contributor to other periodicals and a book illustrator, Levine worked with ink, oil, and watercolor. He was particularly known for his witty drawings of politicians. Levine’s honors include the George Polk Memorial Award, a Guggenheim fellowship, the John Pike Memorial Prize, and the Gold Medal of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.