The Forward

Remembering Jason Polan, the Jewish, Taco Bell-loving artist who captured New York

Possibly the most quintessentially New York artist of this century was a Jewish millennial from Michigan. Jason Polan, who died of cancer on January 27 at the age of 37, didn’t just make the city’s ...
People

NYC Artist Jason Polan, Who Wanted to Sketch Every New Yorker, Dies at 37

"He was always drawing, whenever and wherever he was," the artist's father said A beloved member of the New York City art community has died. Jason Polan, an artist who was on a quest to sketch every ...
CNN

Artist Jason Polan, who wanted to sketch everyone in New York, is dead at 37

Artist and illustrator Jason Polan, who was working on an ambitious project to draw everyone in New York, died on Monday aged 37, his family confirmed to the New York Times. In 2008, Polan started ...
Yahoo

NYC Artist Jason Polan, Who Wanted to Sketch Every New Yorker, Dies at 37

A beloved member of the New York City art community has died. Polan is best known for his “Every Person in New York” project, which he launched in 2008 and resulted in thousands of sketches and a book ...