Rafael Leonardo Black, Solitary and Self-Trained Artist, Dies at 71
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Holland Cotter
here. Rafael Leonardo Black, a self-trained artist who spent more than 40 years creating elaborate pictorial mythologies steeped in art history and popular culture, and who had his first New York gallery show at 64, died on May 15 in Brooklyn. He was 71. The cause was complications of Covid-19, said Francis M. Naumann, the art dealer who represents him. Mr. Black’s debut, in 2013 at Francis Naumann Fine Art in Manhattan, consisted of collagelike pencil drawings of historically diverse figures and scenes brought together under umbrella themes. [More]
By Holland Cotter
here. Rafael Leonardo Black, a self-trained artist who spent more than 40 years creating elaborate pictorial mythologies steeped in art history and popular culture, and who had his first New York gallery show at 64, died on May 15 in Brooklyn. He was 71. The cause was complications of Covid-19, said Francis M. Naumann, the art dealer who represents him. Mr. Black’s debut, in 2013 at Francis Naumann Fine Art in Manhattan, consisted of collagelike pencil drawings of historically diverse figures and scenes brought together under umbrella themes. [More]