Baskin, Leonard (1922-2000), was an American printmaker and sculptor. His best-known works deal with the good and evil he saw in nature. In most of his prints and sculptures, Baskin portrayed a single man who symbolizes all humanity. This figure is often a victim of oppression. Baskin also included birds of prey, such as crows, eagles, and owls, in his works. These birds symbolize evil and death. Baskin designed a number of woodcuts, engravings, and drawings as book illustrations. He used bronze, limestone, or wood for his sculptures. Baskin created a granite bas-relief sculpture of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral procession for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1997.