Frederic Littman (1907–1979) was a Hungarian-American sculptor, whose large sculpted public artwork, frequent collaborations with architect Pietro Belluschi, and four decades of teaching "left a towering artistic legacy in Oregon".
[1] Littman was born in Hidegszamos, Austria-Hungary (now Gilău, Cluj County, Romania).
By 1931 he'd shown at the Salon d'Automne and entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts; by 1934 he was a full professor and had worked under Charles Malfray at the Académie Ranson, where he met his wife, Austrian-born fellow sculptor Marianne Gold (1907–1999).
[3] As Jews, Littman and his wife fled Europe and came to the United States in 1940.
He taught there until being named associate professor at Portland State University until his retirement in 1973.