Artist
Mark Leithauser
born Detroit, MI 1950
- Also known as
- Mark Alan Leithauser
- Born
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Active in
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Nationalities
- American
Mark Leithauser received a bachelor’s degree in art and archaeology as well as an MFA in printmaking and drawing from Wayne State University in Michigan. In the mid-1970s, while completing a second master's degree in printmaking at Wayne State, Leithauser took a job as an exhibition designer in Washington, D.C. Since he only had access to a printing press in Detroit, he worked on copper plates in D.C., then on weekends drove to Michigan and quickly printed a few proofs before driving back for work Monday morning. His artwork consisted of drawings and etchings until he shifted to painting in oil later in his career.
