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David Levine (born December 20, 1926) is an American caricaturist noted for his caricatures in the The New York Review of Books. Image File history File links Levine-david. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures. ... A common caricature of Charles Darwin focuses on his beard, eyebrows, and baldness, while often giving him the features of an ape or monkey. ...

His first cartoons appeared in 1963. Since then he has drawn hundreds of pen-and-ink caricatures of famous writers and politicians for the Review. His style is similar to that of the french caricaturist Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Both enlarge the subject's head, making the body look small by comparison. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Honoré Daumier (portrait by Nadar). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• The David Levine Gallery, The New York Review of Books
• David Levine's Website