Description: For sale is a print from Feb. 7-10 for the PRINTS exposition in Los Angeles 1980. The poster depicts his famous drawing from his book titled "Horses". Signed 1979 LeRoy Neiman (1921 – 2012)LeRoy Neiman was born in 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He displayed a great talent for art at a young age, working as an illustrator for local grocery stores as a teenager. Even after being drafted into the Army in 1942, he spent his spare time painting murals on the walls of kitchens and mess halls, where he served as a cook. Once the Army’s Special Services Division took notice of his talents, he was sent to work on painting stage sets for Red Cross shows in Germany after the war.Upon returning to the United States, Neiman enrolled briefly at the St. Paul School of Art before attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later, teaching figure drawing and fashion illustration there. While working at the Art Institute of Chicago, Neiman discovered his primary medium, enamel house paint, when a janitor threw out some half-empty cans of it next door to his apartment. From this medium, he embraced a technique of rapid paint application.While freelancing as an illustrator for the Chicago department store, Carson Pirie Scott, in the 1950s, Neiman met Hugh Hefner, who would become a great friend and help establish his artistic reputation. In 1954, Hefner showed Neiman’s paintings to Playboy’s Art Director, Art Paul, who invited Neiman to illustrate “Black Country”, a piece about a jazz musician. In Playboy, Neiman created the running feature, “Man at His Leisure”, which depicted glamour spots around the world, allowing Neiman to travel for these assignments. He produced more than one hundred paintings and two murals for Playboy clubs. Neiman was also famous for his illustrations of sports. He became associated with the Olympic Games in 1960 and would later depict the games live on television in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984. He also painted portraits of athletic figures, such as Muhammed Ali and Joe Namath, along with other famous personalities like Leonard Bernstein, Sylvester Stallone, Suzanne Farrell, and Marianne Moore, to name a few.
Price: 165 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-12-28T02:40:11.000Z
Shipping Cost: 29 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: LeRoy Neiman
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Image Orientation: Portrait
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Title: Horses
Material: Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Framing: Framed
Subject: Horse
Personalize: No
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1980
Item Height: 40 in
Theme: Advertising
Style: Illustration Art, Modernism, Pop Art
Features: Laminated
Production Technique: Giclée Print
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 26 in
Handmade: No
Time Period Produced: 1979
