Gene Szafran - Artist Info

About Gene Szafran

  • Biography

    Born in Detroit Michigan, Gene Szafran became a noted illustrator for magazines including "Playboy," "Cosmopolitan," "Penthouse," "McCall's," "Fortune," and Bantam Books.

    He studied and later taught at the art school of the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit and also taught at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He then moved to Connecticut as a freelance artist and worked as an illustrator out of New York City.

    He has personal interests of photography and sculpture that he often incorporates into his illustrations. Recently he has struggled with Multiple Sclerosis.

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