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22. I didn't realize he was that old.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2012, 07:55 PM

Jun 2012

To me, he still seemed relatively young back when I first knew about him in 1976. I really like his use of bold colors. I would love to have one of his African wildlife paintings, or the one of Secretariat, or "Blue Hockey", which featured Bobby Hull, and the one of Bobby alone. And, of course, pretty much all of the baseball paintings.

I'm sorry he's gone.

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Publicist: Artist LeRoy Neiman dies in NY at 91 [View all] Cooley Hurd Jun 2012 OP

A Denver gallery had an exhibition of his work a year or so ago... Great artist. hlthe2b Jun 2012 #1

RIP Femlin. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2012 #2

Holy ****! I remember him! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2012 #3

I think of his sports paintings the most... Cooley Hurd Jun 2012 #4

The '76 Olympics. He did a series of paintings which I *think* Burger King gave out ... SomeGuyInEagan Jun 2012 #9

He was a great sports artist as well. bluedigger Jun 2012 #5

Pop Art as a genre had significance for its irony. I don't see any of that CTyankee Jun 2012 #14

I knew somebody would take issue with my comment. bluedigger Jun 2012 #18

I'm no art critic, either. No big deal if you see what I don't and vice versa! CTyankee Jun 2012 #21

RIP Mr. Neiman. An icon! nolabear Jun 2012 #6

He got MOTION! elleng Jun 2012 #7

Exactly. +1 AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #11

I remember one he did of Muhammad Ali that was good. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #8

I believe our little art gallery in San Francisco AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #10

My mom worked with him back in the day when they were both young commercial artists. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2012 #12

More of an illustrator than painter Auggie Jun 2012 #13

I loved his style. RIP sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #15

Love the Playboy one...Never knew that was his work... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #16

LeRoy Neiman, Olympics and sports artist, dies aged 91 (BBC) eppur_se_muova Jun 2012 #17

I visited his store in New York City back in the late '90s and shook his hand slackmaster Jun 2012 #19

I still remember his sports paintings vividly. hifiguy Jun 2012 #20

I didn't realize he was that old. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #22