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): Alan Khan • Art Neville • Gregory Campbell (ice hockey) • Jasmine Armfield • Jeff Grayer • Maria I of Portugal • Nikki McCray-Penson • Sergejus Jovaiša • Valery Belousov • William Lyon Mackenzie King

Born in the same month (December 1934): Alan Ridout • Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan • Casper R. Taylor Jr. • Charlie Hodge (guitarist) • Giuseppina Leone • John Critchinson • Larisa Latynina • Marc Rich • Miguel de la Madrid • Richard D. Zanuck • Victor French