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This note from LeRoy Neiman is one of many touching on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Neiman opens the writing with a remark repeated elsewhere in the collection, concerning his discovery of the artist—that is, meandering through the book department of…

This note from LeRoy Neiman relays an anecdote from the artist’s teaching career. The story concerns an older continuing education student in Neiman’s summer class at SAIC who moonlighted as a barkeep. As Neiman recounts fondly, the man joined the…

This note from LeRoy Neiman concerns the artist’s foray into teaching. Told as anecdote, the artist relays his suspenseful exchange with then SAIC Dean, Hubert Ropp, which led to his initial hiring. As Neiman explains, what once seemed like a insult…

This note from LeRoy Neiman looks at “talent”. Within the writing, the artist humorously contrasts what might considered artistic skill with the politics of success. He quips, “the artist - portrait must be cosmetician or plastic surgeon.” Although…

A note from LeRoy Neiman to his parents, Lydia and Earl Hoelscher; the letter was written on a promotional card for Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.