Basil Baylin began his career as an
artist at an early age. He studied at the National Academy
of Design and the Art Students league. He also studied
privately with noted portrait artist S. Edmund Oppenheim.
Works by Mr. Baylin are represented in the collections
of Governor Cahill of New Jersey; Bishop Dougherty,
president of Seton Hall University, Bob Grant and the
late Alan Burke. Other commissions include portraits
of the Honorable Irad Ingraham, New York State Supreme
Court justice; Clarence A. Brimmer, U.S. District Court
judge; and Helen Thomas of the Washington Press Corps.
Among Mr. Baylin's more recent commissions is the portrait of Miklos Rozsa, concert and Oscar-winning film composer. Miklos Rozsa praised his work as "A lovely portrait... astonishingly good."
Mr. Baylin has received numerous awards, including
the Gold Medal from the International Academy of Poets
and Artists and the Renée Mc Neely Memorial Award given
by Allied Artists of America. He also received the Council
of American Artists Societies Award as well as the Georgie
Read Barton Award from the Hudson Valley Art Association.
Basil Baylin
