Gene Szafran

Gene Szafran (born 1941) is an American artist and illustrator known for his covers for many science fiction novels during the 1960s through 1980s, notably a series of Signet paperbacks of Robert A. Heinlein's work, as well as illustrations for magazines such as "Playboy" and "Fortune".

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Szafran studied at the Society of Arts and Crafts in that city, where he later taught, and was also an art instructor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Szafran moved from New York to Redding, CT in the 70's with his wife Marilyn (Dupres). They had a daughter, Alyssa. It was during this time when Mr. Szafran contracted [multiple sclerosis] which devastated him, severely affecting his mobility and ended his ability to paint at that point in time. It is believed that Mr. Szafan then returned to Detroit.

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* [http://galleries.absolutearts.com/cgi-bin/galleries/show?what=artists&id=1228&login=lechateau Szafran represented by the LeChateau Gallery]