Note on Art

Note on Art

A note from LeRoy Neiman on Central Park, Regent's Park, and Hyde Park.

This note from LeRoy Neiman juxtaposes a brief history of Central Park in New York with description of a commission featuring and Regent’s Park in London, and a mention of Hyde Park, also in London. Neiman made a number works depicting all three locations. The note is one of a series Neiman wrote on parks.

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Notes, LN_Notes_1765, LN_Notes_1770, LN_Notes_1769, LN_Notes_1766, LN_Notes_1768_01, LN_Notes_1768_02, LN_Notes_1767

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New York (N.Y.) New York

Central Park
Italianate spill of stairs down to Bethesda Terrace.
Frederick Law Olmsted Central Park 19th century creator
Olmsted drew inspiration from Hubert Robert 1727-1808. Age of romanticism-inspiration from classical antiquity
Regents Park – London
Do commission for Americans John and Tiggert who lived on the edge of Regents Park of they and their son in the Rose Garden of Regents Park
Hyde Park Lane (running) next to Hyde Park

Felt-tipped pen on paper.