Leon Kroll Art
American, 1884-1974
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.to
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A Summer Day WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern Ashcan Early 20th Century
By Leon Kroll
Located in New York, NY
A Summer Day WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern Ashcan Early 20th Century
Leon Kroll (1884-1974)
"A Summer Day"
14 x 17 inches (image...
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1930s Leon Kroll Art
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Oil, Board
Reclaimed Land, Riverside Drive-Winter Study New York City Oil Painting
By Leon Kroll
Located in Marco Island, FL
This New York scene was painted as a study for a larger painting (also offered for sale). This study is unique in that it shows Riverside Drive in the winter. It was painted durin...
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1910s American Realist Leon Kroll Art
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Oil, Board
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
By Leon Kroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
eon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
Outstanding portrait by listed American artist Leon Kroll
Graphite on paper
Dimensions 12" wide x 18" high
The vintage ...
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Early 20th Century Leon Kroll Art
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman in Warm Grays and Soft Ochers
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
Leon Kroll was above all an academician. To him "abstract art was merely the beginning of a picture. Structurally, "Portrait of a Young Woman recalls some of the portraits from the ...
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1930s Academic Leon Kroll Art
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Canvas, Oil
Timeless and Classic Nude Girl at Pool - Academic Artist
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
This painting of a classic nude at a pool, "Hilda at the Pool," is both a portrait and a landscape. Leon Kroll rejected Modernism to triumph in the beauty of Classicism.
During his l...
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1930s Academic Leon Kroll Art
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Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Redhead in Profile
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
Beautifully rendered in Krolls signature academic style. Unframed - Signed lower right, unframed
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1930s Academic Leon Kroll Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Head of a Woman (Margaret)
By Leon Kroll
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Head of a Woman (Margaret)
conte on wove paper, 1925
Signed and dated lower right
Annotated "Margaret" in ink verso
A portrait of Margaret Cassidy Manship ( d. 2012), daughter in law...
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1920s Ashcan School Leon Kroll Art
Materials
Conté
Reclaimed Land, Riverside Drive-Large New York City Impressionistic Oil Painting
By Leon Kroll
Located in Marco Island, FL
This dynamic New York scene was painted during a period of intense development in Manhattan. In an impressionistic style, Leon Kroll captures the reshaping of the city. The paintin...
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1910s American Realist Leon Kroll Art
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Canvas, Oil
Miss Carolyn Edmunson
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
The art world today does not value traditional academic skills in portrait painting. If it did, this portrait would replace the childlike student-level art that is now achieving two...
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1930s Academic Leon Kroll Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Portrait of a Girl”
By Leon Kroll
Located in Warren, NJ
Conditon is okay with craquelure most significantly to face, flake in pigment in upper left quadrant. Size is Sight: 19 1/2 by 15 1/4 inches
Frame: 25 3/4 by 22 inches
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20th Century Leon Kroll Art
Materials
Oil
original lithograph
By Leon Kroll
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1951 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1951 Spr...
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1950s Leon Kroll Art
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Lithograph
"By the Window, " Leon Kroll, oil, figurative art, nude, modernism
By Leon Kroll
Located in Wiscasset, ME
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 Rockpo...
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Seated Nude, Charcoal Drawing by Leon Kroll
By Leon Kroll
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leon Kroll, American (1884 - 1974)
Title: Seated Nude
Medium: Charcoal on paper, signed
Size: 10.25 x 11 inches
Frame Size: 24 x 24 inches
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1950s American Realist Leon Kroll Art
Materials
Charcoal
Building New York
By Leon Kroll
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Building New York
Watercolor on paper, c. 1915
Signed by the artist lower right (see photo)
Partial watermark: "MADE IN ENGLAND... LINEN FIBER"
Excellent, COLORS FRESH AND VIBRANT
Br...
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1910s American Realist Leon Kroll Art
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Watercolor
Portrait of Theresa Rogers
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait of Theresa Rogers
Housed in a period hand carved wood frame. Some scatter minor paint loss and stretcher marks otherwise presents very well
Signature: Signed lower right
T...
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1930s Academic Leon Kroll Art
Materials
Oil
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Signed and dated lower right
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Located in Southampton, NY
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By Leon Kroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
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H 26.75 in W 21.75 in D 0.5 in
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By Leon Kroll
Located in Buffalo, NY
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