Leo Garel
Leo Garel (1917 – July 4, 1999) was an American artist. He illustrated cartoons for such notable magazines as The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post and Playboy.
Early life
Garel was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Max and Sarah Garil (née Kramer); his surname was changed from 'Garil' to 'Garel' to sound more American. Both of Garel's parents were Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from an area of the Russian Empire near Kiev.
Career
Garel was prolific painter and cartoonist, and later worked with Erik H. Erikson developing the field of art therapy.
Later years
He lived the later part of his life in Stockbridge, Massachusetts until his death from cancer. He was survived by a brother, two children and two grandchildren.
References
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1999 deaths
- American magazine cartoonists
- American magazine illustrators
- American humorists
- The New Yorker cartoonists
- Playboy cartoonists
- Jewish American illustrators
- 20th-century American Jews
- 20th-century American painters
- Jewish American painters
- 20th-century American illustrators
- 20th-century American male painters
- American cartoonist stubs