Irving Petlin

Irving Petlin was an American artist and painter renowned for his mastery of the pastel medium and collaborations with other artists and for his work in the "series form" in which he employed the raw materials of pastel, oil paint and unprimed linen, and found inspiration in the work of writers and poets including Primo Levi, Bruno Schulz, Paul Celan, Michael Palmer and Edmond Jabès.

17 December 1934

Born on the same birth date (17 December 1934): Ray Wilson (English footballer)

Born on the same birth day (17 December): Brian Hayes (broadcaster) • Brian Langford • Eknath Easwaran • James Booker • Kujō Yoritsugu • Lore Berger • Marissa Ribisi • Milla Jovovich • Paul César Helleu • Peter Farrelly • Pope Francis • Quinton de Kock • Ray Noble • Stan Mudenge

Born in the same month (December 1934): Ed Flanders • Giuseppina Leone • Hanif Mohammad • Howard Martin Temin • Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow • Junior Wells • Nick Bockwinkel • Pratibha Patil • Ray Wilson (English footballer) • Salim Durani • Shyam Benegal • Viktor Gorbatko