Leroy Neiman Oil
1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Oil
1960s Pop Art Paintings
Acrylic, Oil
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Paper, Oil
20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Color, Lithograph
20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Color, Lithograph
20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
People Also Browsed
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paint
Early 20th Century Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Charcoal
1980s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Lithograph
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Metal
1930s Academic Nude Sculptures
Terracotta
1910s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Etching
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Crystal
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paintings
Wood, Paper
20th Century Paintings
Canvas, Walnut, Paint
1980s Pop Art Interior Prints
Screen
Recent Sales
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Board
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil Pastel
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Oil
1950s Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Board
Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
1960s Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Gouache
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Pastel
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Board
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Illustration Board
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Gouache
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Gouache
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Prints
Etching
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Screen
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Watercolor
1960s Animal Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Board, Oil
1970s Figurative Paintings
Oil
20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Offset
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Screen
1980s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints
Screen
1980s American Impressionist Animal Prints
Screen
1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
20th Century Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
1970s Expressionist Figurative 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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