The Art of His Life

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On any given evening, he might sketch changes he wants to make the next day on his Civil War mural or work on his book or review Spanish grammar so he'll be ready for South America or ponder how he is going to compose a concert scene for a recently commissioned mural. "While working on one mural, I make sketches for the next and think about the third," he says. "I'm like a theater stock company that does one play a week, rehearsing next week's play and reading the play for the week after!" For performing his repertory so brilliantly, Levenson wins unstinting applause and rave reviews.