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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…

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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…

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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…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an anecdote from the artist’s teaching career. The writing concerns a student at the School of Art Institute in Chicago (SAIC) who was both artist as well as aspiring Playboy model. Although the note does not…

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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…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a list of artworks, ranging from French post-Impressionism to Italian Rococo. The majority of references stem from works seen while the artist saw in Chicago in addition total couple encountered at the Met Museum,…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an anecdotal account of influences rooted the artist’s time at SAIC. Generally, the references catalogued are from a selection of French artistic movements and schools. In addition, Neiman supplies a discussion of…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman recounts the opportunities made available to the artist through the GI Bill on both a personal (i.e. attending art school) and more general level (i.e. “gain[ing] a liberal education”). The writing is one of many marking…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an exhaustive account of artistic influences—covering everything from “Chicago sociologists” to Tilman Riemenschneider's Head of Christ— garnered at the artist’s time at SAIC. The note is roughly divided into five…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a list of hallmarks of the artist’s time at SAIC. The register includes everything from a mention of Katherine Kuh to a Jules Breton painting making its first appearance in America. The nature of the note is…
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