Neiman Leroy
1990s Impressionist Nude Prints
Paper, Etching
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Prints
Paper, Screen
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Paper, Screen
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Paper, Screen
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Paper, Screen
1970s Impressionist Portrait Prints
Paper, Screen
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Prints
Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
Early 2000s Still-life Prints
Etching
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Fabric, Yarn, Wood Panel
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Giclée
1970s American Realist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s American Realist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s American Realist Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Offset
1970s American Realist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen
20th Century American Prints
Late 20th Century German Prints
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Screen
1980s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints
Screen
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Screen
1970s Pop Art Animal Prints
Lithograph
1980s American Impressionist Animal Prints
Screen
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen
Mid-20th Century American Decorative Art
Paper
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Plastic, Plexiglass, Paper
Vintage 1970s Paintings
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Vintage 1970s American Paintings
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1970s Prints
Mid-20th Century American Modern Prints
Paint
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Watercolor
1970s Portrait Prints
Lithograph
1970s American Impressionist Portrait Prints
Etching
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Prints
Paper
20th Century Impressionist Animal Prints
Archival Pigment
Mid-20th Century American Decorative Art
Paper
1980s Impressionist Landscape Prints
Archival Pigment
1980s Prints and Multiples
Offset
20th Century Prints and Multiples
Offset
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Prints
Paper
Vintage 1980s American Books
Paper
20th Century American Modern Sculptures and Carvings
Bronze
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Ceramic, Porcelain, Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Screen
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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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