Leonard Craske was born and brought up in London, England. Early-on in his career he studied medicine at St Thomas' Hospital Medical School .  He also worked as an actor and studied drawing and sculpture. Later he emigrated to the USA and settled in Boston. Craske became an accomplished sculptor with a studio in the Rocky Neck Art Colony (the oldest working art colony in the country). He created the well-known Fisherman's memorial  in Gloucester, Massachusetts .