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Leon Kroll was a painter, lithographer, art critic and teacher who was born in 1884 in New York City. Living his professional life in New York City and Chicago, he summered in Rockport, Massachusetts and became one of the most popular and famous of its painters by 1920. He was a teacher at the National Academy, Maryland Institute of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Art Students League of New York.
Kroll studied at the Art Students League in New York City with John H. Twachtman, National Academy of Design and at the Académie Julian in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New Society of Artists, Philadelphia Art Club, American Society of Painters and Sculptors, Boston Art Club, National Institute of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Woodstock Art Association and the National Art Club. Kroll won prestigious awards at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Salmagundi Club, Pan-Pacific Exposition, Art Institute of Chicago, Wilmington SFA, National Academy of Design, Carnegie Institute, Newport Art Association, National Arts Club, Boston Art Club, International Exposition, Paris, Philadelphia Art Alliance and the Chevalier, Legion of Honor, France.
Kroll's work is held in numerous permanent collections, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Kroll was commissioned to create murals for the U.S. Military Cemetery in Omaha Beach, France and for the John Hopkins University Auditorium.
- Creator:Leon Kroll (1884-1975, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Wiscasset, ME
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7525875252
Leon Kroll
Leon Kroll (1884-1974) was one of this country’s most productive and successful artists of the 20th century. A well-regarded teacher and the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions during his life time. Kroll was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League under John Twatchman and at the National Academy of Design. Between 1908 and 1910, Kroll studied in Paris at the Académie Julian; during these years, Kroll discovered Paul Cezanne, the influences of whom are readily apparent his work. Upon returning to America, Kroll’s work was exhibited in 1913 at the Amory Show. By the 1920s he had begun teaching, at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Institute of Chicago.
During the 1930s, Leon Kroll and his wife Genevieve (whom he had met in France) began spending time in Gloucester’s Folly Cove neighborhood, not far from the Babson Farm Quarry (known today as Halibut Point). He became a central figure in Cape Ann’s summer art colony for many years. Kroll is represented in the permanent collections at the Corcoran Gallery of Art; PAFA; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dayton and many more.
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