This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Known for his bright, colorful paintings and screen prints of famous
sports stars in a semi-abstract style, LeRoy Neiman became one of the
20th centuries most successful illustrators. At sporting events,
he became a well-known figure in natty attire with bushy beard and
sketchbook.
He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in either 1921, 1926, or 1927, according to various sources, and studied at
the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Chicago, and the
University of Illinois.
His mediums are oil, enamel, serigraphing and etching, and his studio is in New York City, just off Central Park West.
In 2000, a major book of his serigraphs, The Prints of LeRoy Neiman, 1991-2000, was published by Knoedler Publishing of New York. | |
Biography from Rogallery.com:
|  LeRoy Neiman was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and studied at the Art
Institute of Chicago, De Paul University, and the University of
Illinois. He taught at the Art Institute of Chicago's school for
ten years.
Neiman moved to New York City in 1963 when he had his first one-man
show at the Hammer Gallery. Since then he has continued to
portray the people and events of the world he knows best, or which
intrigue him most.
His best-known works are sports scenes, a reflection, he believes, of
the fact that sports are universally a dominant force. He was the
official artist for ABC-TV at the Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976, and
at the Winter Olympics of 1980.
Neiman's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout
the world, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.,
and the Hermitage in Leningrad. |
Biography from Fineartgasm.com:
| Leroy Neiman was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. He studied briefly in St. Paul before moving to Chicago to study at the School of Art Institute of Chicago where he also taught for 10 years before moving to New York City in 1962.
Through his art, Neiman has explored contemporary leisure, all the pastimes and places people enjoy, and particularly the world of sports, entertainment, and wildlife. LeRoy Neiman's style reflects the dramatic intensity of Abstract Expressionist brush strokes, strokes that pick out action that is strikingly accurate.
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