LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neiman (born June 8, 1921 in Saint Paul , Minnesota as LeRoy Leslie Runquist , † June 20, 2012 in New York ) was an American painter who was best known for his expressive brightly colored sports pictures.
Life
LeRoy Leslie Runquist's Swedish-born father separated from the family when he was little. LeRoy then took his stepfather's last name. After his military service, he enrolled at the St. Paul School of Art and the School of The Art Institute of Chicago, and then worked as an art teacher. From 1954 he worked for Playboy , to which he remained connected until his death and where he was promoted by Art Paul and created the feminine figure for the joke page. From the 1960s onwards he specialized in sports images and achieved great prestige in this field, including being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame . The art critics he was more considered low, but he was alive one of the most popular painters of the United States.
Bibliography (incomplete)
- Neiman, LeRoy. Art and Life Style. ISBN 0-9600692-3-2 .
- Neiman, LeRoy (2012). All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs. Lyons Press. ISBN 978-0-7627-7837-9 . OCLC 756578679.
Web links
- Artist Biography ( Memento from February 28, 2014)
- Obituary in the NY Times
- Some works on http://doubletakeart.com
- Holdings owned by the Smithsonian Institution
Individual evidence
- ↑ HALL OF FAME FLIES FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF FOR ARTIST LeROY NEIMAN ( Memento from December 20, 2015)
- ↑ Remembering LeRoy Neiman , at www.thenation.com, accessed June 23, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neiman, LeRoy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Runquist, LeRoy Leslie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 2012 |
| Place of death | new York |