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- Creator:LeRoy Neiman (1921 - 2012, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 30.75 in (78.11 cm)Width: 38.5 in (97.79 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cumming, GA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2533212556472
LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neiman, born LeRoy Runquist, is best known for his vibrantly colored paintings and screen prints, which draw on Impressionism and Pop Art and frequently feature portraits of athletes and musicians as well as depictions of sporting events. He is renowned for creating art during live coverage of the Olympics and other major American and international sports competitions. He once commented, “I use (bold) color to emphasize the scent, the spirit, and the feeling of the thing I’ve experienced.”
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Neiman showed an early aptitude for drawing. After returning home from WWII, he studied at the Saint Paul School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where his classmates included Robert Indiana and Leon Golub. Upon graduation in 1950, he began teaching at SAIC.
In 1953, his oil painting Idle Boats won first prize at the Twin City Show, where the Minneapolis Art Institute purchased it. Neiman’s reputation quickly grew, and museums such as the Carnegie Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington purchased his works.
In 1954, Neiman’s famous association with Playboy magazine began to take shape. Hugh Hefner commissioned Neiman to create an illustration for this fledgling magazine, and his piece won the 1954 Chicago Art Directors Award. This led to a relationship with Playboy that lasted five decades and included Neiman writing and illustrating the “Man at His Leisure” section and the creation of the well-known “Femlin” — a female nymph wearing only opera gloves, stockings and high heels — which appeared on the “Party Jokes” page in every issue since 1955.
In 1970, the 5th Dimension commissioned Neiman to create a cover illustration for the pop group’s album Portrait. In 1994, he created the illustration used for the playbill and the immense Broadway mural for the musical Busker Alley. He was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the highest honor of the state of Illinois, the Order of Lincoln, in 2009.
Today, you can find Neiman’s works in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art (Newfields), among others.
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- Brad ParkBy LeRoy NeimanLocated in Cumming, GAOriginal Mixed Media on Paper Dimensions 14.25″ x 11.25″ unframed. Approximately 28.25″ x 25.25″ Framed Dated 1971.Category
1970s American Impressionist Mixed Media
MaterialsMixed Media
- Reclining WomanBy LeRoy NeimanLocated in Cumming, GAOriginal Pen and Ink on Paper Dimensions 12″ x 16″ unframed 26 x 30 Framed Circa 1959.Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPen, Ink
- He Lost His Head Over HerBy LeRoy NeimanLocated in Cumming, GAOriginal Graphite on Paper Dimensions 12.5″ x 8″ Viewable 27″ x 22.5″ Framed. Signed by Artist. Circa 1962.Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGraphite
- Original Sinatra on the SetBy LeRoy NeimanLocated in Cumming, GAOriginal Graphite and Pen Sketch on Paper 12 1/4″ x 15 5/8″ Viewable 26″ x 29 1/2″ Framed Circa 1960’sCategory
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGraphite
- Original Bruno SamMartino vs. Baron Mikel Scicluna 1By LeRoy NeimanLocated in Cumming, GALeRoy Neiman Original Mixed media on paper; including tempera, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, and conti crayon Dated 1966 9 1/2″ x 9 1/4″ viewabl...Category
1960s American Impressionist Mixed Media
MaterialsConté, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor
- Original Richard Burton, The Robe FilmBy LeRoy NeimanLocated in Cumming, GAOriginal Graphite Sketch on Paper 1953 / Signed 1959 Inscribed “Sketch for Robe Feature” 10 5/8″ x 13 1/2″ Viewable 25″ x 29 1/2″ Framed The Robe, a fictional Biblical epic film was ...Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGraphite
- "Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - SignedBy Gordon CopeLocated in Soquel, CA"Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed Rare and bold Screen Print (Silk Screen) of Fisherman's Wharf 1957 by Gordon Cope (American, 1906-1999). Several boats are docked at Fisherman's Wharf, with buildings directly behind them. In the distance, the hills of San Francisco can be seen meeting a pale blue sky. Of particular note is the skillful representation of the reflections of the boats in the water, and the clever use of grey paper as negative space. Numbered and titled in pencil in the lower left corner "22/100 Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Hand signed and dated in pencil in the lower right corner "Gordon Cope 1957" Titled, signed, and dated "in plate" Presented in a silver colored frame with a double mat. Frame size: 22.5"H x 27"W Image size: 15"H x 20"W Gordon N. Cope (American, 1906-1999) was an educator and painter. Trained in Utah and France, he exhibited his landscape paintings and portraits in the United States and Europe, and he believed music was related to painting. Cope was born on May 14, 1906, in Salt Lake City. He was trained by Utahn artists LeConte Stewart and Lawrence Squires, and at the Académie Julian in Paris, France in 1928. He also studied singing at the Opéra-Comique. Cope taught art at Latter-day Saints University, and he served as the chair of its Department of Art in 1930–1931. He taught at the Mountain School of Art from 1932 to 1938, and he was the director of the Art Barn School in Salt Lake City in 1939–1941. Cope painted Utahn landscapes as well as a portrait of Henry H. Blood, who served as the seventh governor of Utah from 1933 to 1941. Cope exhibited his work in the United States and Europe. According to the Deseret News, Cope "felt that music and painting are closely interrelated, and that the study of one form may be used to complement the appreciation and understanding of the other." Cope died on June 10, 1999, in San Francisco, California. Gordon Nicholson Cope studied with well-known Utah artists A.B. Wright and LeConte Stewart, and became recognized as a major Utah artist of the Great Depression. Cope was born in Salt Lake City in 1906 and spent much of his life in Utah. Cope gained much of his artistic training from diverse environments and influences. Following his training with the previously mentioned artists, Cope spent the next year, 1924, working with Lawrence Squires in Arizona. To expand his knowledge and training, Cope traveled to Europe, where he studied the "old masters" such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. From 1924 to 1928, Cope studied in England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and worked for a year at the Acadamie Julian, where many early Utah artists...Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
MaterialsScreen, Paper, Ink
- The Rocket: Roger Clemens, Yankees Baseball Pitcher by LeRoy NeimanBy LeRoy NeimanLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: The Rocket: Roger Clemens Year: 2003 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 192/325 Image Size: 27.5 x 36 inche...Category
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Lost Shadow, Impressionistic Portrait by Chase Chen ChenoffBy Chase ChenLocated in Long Island City, NYLost Shadow by Chase Chen Chenoff, Chinese/American (1964) Date: circa 1990 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of EA 55 Size: 37.5 in. x 45 in. (95.25 cm x 114.3 cm)Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
MaterialsScreen
- "Sharing" Multi Layer Screen Print on PaperLocated in Soquel, CAVibrant screen print of people gathering around a pond by Jane Leddy (American, 1925-2019). People and various animals - including goats, ducks, and cows - ...Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Ink, Screen
- "The Covered Wagon" On the Oregon Trail Prairie Schooner Horseman and CattleLocated in Soquel, CA"The Covered Wagon" On the Oregon Trail Prairie Schooner and Cattle Facsimile in oil or silk screen Oil print by Gilbert Ross Tonge (American, 1883 - 1970...Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
MaterialsOil, Illustration Board, Screen
- Million Dollar Strike, Screenprint by LeRoy NeimanBy LeRoy NeimanLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Million Dollar Strike (Earl Anthony) Year: 1982 Medium: Serigraph, Signed by the artist and Earl Ant...Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsScreen