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Birth:          8 Jan 1923 Chicago, Ill.
Death:          15 Oct 2004 New York, N.Y.
Cause of Death: emphysema

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Herbert Katzman, 81, figurative artist, of Westbeth 
Photo by Annie Katzman 

Herbert Katzman in front of a self-portrait in the 1970s. 

 He died of emphysema after being homebound for the past two years, according to 
his daughter, Annie Katzman, a sculptor and photographer. 

 "He worked almost until the day he died," his daughter said. "There was an 
unfinished drawing on his table, a graphite of New York Harbor with the Statue of 
Liberty," she said, adding, "After the World Trade Center came down he became 
seriously ill and stopped painting for a while." 

 Katzman was the recipient of a Pollack-Krasner Award three years ago and previously 
won grants from the National Academy of Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters 
and a Guggenheim Fellowship among others. He taught at the School of Visual Arts for 
several years 

 "He had a fierce integrity about his work as an artist and he didn't care very much 
about what trend was current, a tremendous strength of character," said Steve 
Sherman, a friend and former student who teaches at the Moore College of Art in 
Philadelphia. 

 Born in Chicago, Herbert Katzman studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, served in 
the Navy during World War II and went to Paris in 1947 where he moved in a circle of 
American artists and writers including James Baldwin. 

 "He was erudite and enormously well read. He knew everyone in Paris," said Eric 
Protter, an editor of a literary magazine in Paris during the post-World War II years 
who met Katzman in 1948. 

 Katzman met his first wife, Judith Duny Baker, an aspiring painter in Paris, where one 
of their sons was born. The family returned to the U.S. in 1951 but went to Florence in 
1955 when Katzman won a Fulbright Fellowship. 

 A resident of Westbeth since it opened in 1968, he had shared a studio in the 1960s 
with the late Robert D'Arista. Among his portraits of artist friends, which were featured 
10 years ago in the Terry Dintenfass Gallery in Midtown, are graphite drawings of 
Harold Red Tovich, Raphael Soyer and Marsden Hartley. 

 In addition to his daughter, two sons, Nicholas of New York and Steve of San 
Raphael, Calif., and two grandsons also survive. Judith Duny Baker and Katzman's 
former second wife, Laurel Carroll, also survive. 

 Greenwich Village Funeral Home, 199 Bleecker St., was in charge of arrangements. 
Friends and family intend to hold a memorial service at a date to be announced later. 
Villager, The (New York, NY) - Wednesday, November 3, 2004 

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Herbert Henry Katzman   
artist  
Herbert Henry Katzman, American artist. National Academy Arts and Letters grantee, 
1958; National Academy Arts and Letters grantee National Council Humanities, 1966; 
Guggenheim fellow, 1968; Gottlieb Foundation grantee; New York Council on the Arts 
grantee, Pollack Krasner grantee, 2001. Served with United States Navy, 1942-1944. 
Member College National Gallery American Art, National Academy of Design.  
Background
Katzman, Herbert Henry was born on January 8, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United 
States. Son of Louis and Fay (Horowitz) Katzman.  
Education
Certificate, School Art Institute Chicago, 1946.  
Career
Teacher painting and drawing School Visual Arts, New York City, 1959—2004.  
Works
One-man shows include Butler Institute American Art, 1993. Exhibited in group shows 
at Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1952, Whitney Museum, New York City, 1954, 
Venice (Italy) Biennial, 1957, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts. Represented in 
permanent collections Art Institute Chicago, Museum Modern Art, Whitney Museum, 
Hirschorn Museum, Washington, University Massachusetts, University Minnesota, 
West Virginia, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, 
Ohio, Retrospective Artists Choice Museum, 1985.  
Membership
Served with United States Navy, 1942-1944. Member College National Gallery 
American Art, National Academy of Design.  
Connections
Married Judith Baker, November 25, 1949. Children: Nicholas, Steven, Ann. Married 
Laurel Carroll, October 25, 1982.  
pub rec on ancestry 463 West St., New York, NY

Parents
KATZMAN Louis ()
HOROWITZ Faye ()

Siblings
KATZMAN Herbert Henry (8 Jan 1923 - 15 Oct 2004)

Marriage To BAKER Judith Deborah Jean (20 Jul 1928 - 30 May 2006)
    m. 25 Nov 1949 

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Parents
BAKER Donald Robert (1 Oct 1891 - 28 Feb 1975)
REEVES Ruth Marie (14 Jul 1892 - 1967)

Children by BAKER Judith Deborah Jean 20 Jul 1928 - 30 May 2006
KATZMAN Nicholas R. ()
KATZMAN Steven L. ()
KATZMAN Annie M. ()

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