and he said, ‘I dream about painting,’ ” recalled Robert Alter, a friend and River North resident who owns several works by Mr. Segedin. Mr. Segedin died Jan. 7 of natural causes.

Leopold Bernard Segedin, a celebrated artist, professor, and writer, passed away on January 7, 2025, in Evanston, Illinois. Born in 1927 in Chicago’s West Side to Boris and Bessie Segedin ...