Levine, << luh VEEN, >> Jack (1915-2010), was an American artist who won fame as a critic of life in the United States. Many of his paintings deal with political corruption. Other works portray the difficult lives of workers and the poor. Levine also painted many pictures with Biblical and Jewish themes.
Levine was born on Jan. 3, 1915, in Boston. In 1935, he worked for the Federal Art Project, a government program under the Works Progress Administration. Levine died on Nov. 8, 2010.