Mauricio Lasansky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Graphic artist, Printmaker
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Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
About Mauricio Lasansky
- Mauricio Leib Lasansky (October 12, 1914 – April 2, 2012) was an Argentine artist and educator known both for his advanced techniques in intaglio printmaking and for a series of 33 pencil drawings from the 1960s titled "The Nazi Drawings." Lasansky, who migrated to and became a citizen of the United States, established the school of printmaking at the University of Iowa, which offered the first Master of Fine Arts program in the field in the United States.
- Sotheby's identifies him as one of the fathers of modern printmaking.
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