Daniel Maffia

Daniel Maffia (born June 25, 1937) is a French-American visual player best known for his paintings.

Born in Nevers, France, Maffia's relatives moved to Brooklyn subsequently he was 12. After graduating afterward a Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in 1961, Maffia cultivated a reputation in New York as an illustrative painter, his statute often commissioned for use upon the covers of such publications as Time, Rolling Stone, New York, Esquire, and Mother Jones. His most recognizable illustration is the portrait of John Lennon upon the December 22, 1980 cover of Time magazine, following Lennon's murder. Other clients included the New York Times, The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Random House, Harper & Row, and the US Department of the Interior, for whom Maffia illustrated a photo album about George Washington.

While best known for his illustrative portraits, Maffia plus blends the styles of impressionism and realism, focusing on a broad variety of subject issue including nature, landscape, pop culture, and darker themes such as "good and evil".

Throughout his become old in New York, Maffia taught classes at his alma mater, Pratt Institute, as well as Parsons School of Design, Rutgers University, and Sarah Lawrence College.

Daniel and his wife, Mary, split their grow old between their homes in Hingham, Massachusetts, and Joucas, France. Since the 1990s, Maffia's focus has been on fine art; he continues to paint year-round from his studios in both residences.