Note on Art
A comment from LeRoy Neiman on modern Dutch painters.
This note from LeRoy Neiman looks at artistic reference, specifically modern Dutch painting. The document provides an assessment of artists ranging from Post-Impressionist Kees van Dongen to Modernist Piet Mondrian and Abstract Expressionist Willam de Kooning. Although the document provides an overview of modern “Dutch Painting,” not detailing aesthetic allusions on the part of Neiman, many of the artists mentioned impacted Neiman's process and style. Van Dongen was highly influential on his work, with Neiman discovering the van Dongen while studying at SAIC; this connection is accounted for across many of Neiman's personal notes. The latter two are less explicitly documented. That said, much of gestural quality of Neiman’s palette work the artist saw as a building off of a lineage of his near-contemporaries the Abstract Expressionists. In this note he terms de Kooning the “leader” of this school.
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Note on Art
A note from LeRoy Neiman on influences from the artist's time at SAIC.
This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an exhaustive account of artistic influences—covering everything from “Chicago sociologists” to Tilman Riemenschneider's <em>Head of Christ</em>— garnered at the artist’s time at SAIC. The note is roughly divided into five sections: influential literature read, courses (in both the humanities and studio arts) taken, artworks physical seen, and anecdotes about the Chicago Art Institute. The sections have little relation outside of autobiographical chornology, and the note was most likley taken in preparation for the artist's memior, <em>All Told</em>.
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LN_Notes_1092_01; LN_Notes_1092_02; LN_Notes_1092_03; LN_Notes_1092_04; LN_Notes_1092_05
New York (N.Y.) New York
Note on Art
A note from LeRoy Neiman on art references garnered during his time at SAIC.
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 SAIC faculty who expressed interest in his work.
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LN_Notes_1089_01; LN_Notes_1089_02; LN_Notes_1089_03; LN_Notes_1089_04; LN_Notes_1089_05
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Note on Art
A note from LeRoy Neiman on artistic references.
This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an extensive but in no way complete list of artistic references for the artist. Although the document lacks consistency, there is a general, overarching logic to the catalogue. The list is roughly divided into four sections: (1) short fiction inspirations, (2) narrative, group paintings depicting labor and leisure, (3) a continuation of narrative works which bleeds into Abstract Expressionism, and (4) Neiman’s “favorites” in terms of artists. This document then not only illustrates the range and breadth of the artist’s own artistic influences but it also evinces the egalitarian, if not nondiscriminatory, attitude with which he approached and evaluated artwork more generally.
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Notes, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/142">LN_Notes_1595</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/173">LN_Notes_1875</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/224">LN_Notes_2314</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/140">LN_Notes_1593</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/63">LN_Notes_909</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/90">LN_Notes_1012</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/92">LN_Notes_1021_01; LN_Notes_1021_02</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/199">LN_Notes_2214_01; LN_Notes_2214_02</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/141">LN_Notes_1594</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/187"></a><a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/37">LN_Notes_819_01; LN_Notes_819_02</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/216">LN_Notes_2302</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/163">LN_Notes_1776_01; LN_Notes_1776_02; LN_Notes_1776_03; LN_Notes_1776_04; LN_Notes_1776_05</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/151">LN_Notes_1764_01; LN_Notes_1764_02; LN_Notes_1764_03; LN_Notes_1764_04</a>
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LN_Notes_986_01; LN_Notes_986_02
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Note on Art
A note from LeRoy Neiman on artistic reference.
This note from LeRoy Neiman touches on a range of his artistic references. The writing opens with a nod to nightlife. Subsequently, Neiman speaks to his interest in Holland and modern Dutch painting. And, the note closes with a list of artistic movements to which the artist also looked. Inserted into this discussion of reference, Neiman provides an abbreviated discussion of the concept of “the study”. (Neiman writes, “I draw in paint / Never make drawings preparatory for paintings.”)
LeRoy Neiman
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