Eli Levin: Social Realism and the Harwood Suite
Eli Levin: Social Realism and the Harwood Suite is a set of twenty-two prints reflecting, in true Levin style, the Northern New Mexico personality.
Born in 1938 in Chicago, Levin attended the Diploma, Music and Art High School in New York City. In 1961, after receiving his B.A. in Literature at New York's New School for Social Research, Levin moved to Boston. In 1964 Eli Levin moved to New Mexico. When he arrived in Santa Fe, the old art colony had all but disappeared, but Levin became friends with Louie Ewing and Arthur Haddock - who made him feel as though he were a contiguous part of the New Mexico tradition. Levin briefly attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1965 to finish his M.A. in Art. In 1991 Levin returned to school to get an M.A. in Humanities at St. John鈥檚 College in Santa Fe. In 1993 Eli Levin changed his name to Jo Basiste, after his paternal grandfather. At this time he abandoned his bar scenes and started painting mythological subject matter. From 1985 to the present, Levin has held an etching workshop at his studio.
Eli Levin: Social Realism and the Harwood Suite is a set of twenty-two prints reflecting, in true Levin style, the Northern New Mexico personality.
Born in 1938 in Chicago, Levin attended the Diploma, Music and Art High School in New York City. In 1961, after receiving his B.A. in Literature at New York's New School for Social Research, Levin moved to Boston. In 1964 Eli Levin moved to New Mexico. When he arrived in Santa Fe, the old art colony had all but disappeared, but Levin became friends with Louie Ewing and Arthur Haddock - who made him feel as though he were a contiguous part of the New Mexico tradition. Levin briefly attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1965 to finish his M.A. in Art. In 1991 Levin returned to school to get an M.A. in Humanities at St. John鈥檚 College in Santa Fe. In 1993 Eli Levin changed his name to Jo Basiste, after his paternal grandfather. At this time he abandoned his bar scenes and started painting mythological subject matter. From 1985 to the present, Levin has held an etching workshop at his studio.
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