Louis S. Glanzman (February 8, 1922 - July 7, 2013), was an American artist and book illustrator, probably best known as the illustrator of the first English language translations of the ''

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'' books, in 1950. Glanzman was born in

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, Maryland and grew up in Virginia. His brother is fellow artist

Sam Glanzman Samuel Joseph Glanzman (December 5, 1924 – July 12, 2017) was an American comics artist and memoirist. Glanzman is best known for his Charlton Comics series ''Hercules'', about the mythological Greek demigod; his autobiographical war stories abo ...

. He trained at the

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in New York City. He died on July 7, 2013.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glanzman, Louis 1922 births 2013 deaths American children's book illustrators American comics artists American magazine illustrators Jewish American artists 20th-century American artists Artists from Baltimore 21st-century American Jews