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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a remark on artist Willam Hogarth. The record contains three sections: first, a comment on Hogarth’s class consciousness, second, anecdotal evidence of the artist’s draw to satire, and third, a citing of a study…

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This note from Leroy Neiman builds on a previous remark the artist made about William Hogarth. The front side of the envelope, on which Neiman's comment was written, provides a list of Hogarth’s works the artist took particular interest in, including…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman is one of a selection the artist took on William Hogarth. Hogarth, an English satirist, had a profound interest in the common man and a playful scorn for the British aristocracy. This record contains a list of Hogarth’s…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman is a brief citation of William Hogarth's engraving Cockpit (1759). The record provides no personal annotation outside direct reference. That said, Cockpit was acquisitioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1891.…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a brief biography of 15th century Italian painter Filippo Lippi. The commentary is roughly divided into three sections: early life, influence and acclaim, and lastly critical reception. Lippi was not a predominate…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman on Thomas Rowlandson looks at the role of printmaking in the former artist's career. Unlike most of Neiman's writings on art, this particular record provides a more detailed account of print processes. In addition to this…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman looks at work from English artists Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) and William Hogarth (1697-1764). Rowlandson and Hogarth were near-contemporaries with a comparable interest in class issues of 18th century England. This…

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This sprawling note from LeRoy Neiman on African American artist Jacob Lawrence provides discrete phrases linking the artists’ work. Lawrence (b. 1917) was focused on conveying the experience of black America through petite narrative paintings, often…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a brief biography on the Northern Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder (b. 1472-1553). Cranach, German painter and printmaker, is primarily known for his portraiture of German nobility and persons from the…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman details an artistic reference, specifically French Romanticist, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (6. 1767-1824). Girodet was a painter known for his narrative scenes and portraiture that broke with the then popular…
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