Obituaries
LeRoy Neiman, a wildly successful American artist who was famous for his colorful portraits of athletes in motion and who became an artistic fixture at such major sporting events as the Olympics and the Super Bowl, has died.
June 25, 2012
LeRoy Neiman became hugely successful painting athletes in motion on canvases brimming with color. He was also a longtime contributor to Playboy magazine.
June 20, 2012
Entertainment & Arts
Critic’s Notebook: LeRoy Neiman made art safe for Playboy-reading heterosexuals
The painter, who died last week at 91, played a key role in helping Hugh Hefner push his ‘Playboy Philosophy’ on a culture steeped in Puritan values.
June 21, 2012
Travel & Experiences
SHOW BIZ OF GOLF: The owners of La Galleria D’Arte in Fashion Island Newport Beach call sports artist LeRoy Neiman “one of the few 20th-Century artists whose name has become a household word.”
Oct. 18, 1992
“I love the way he blends colors to create forms.”
Nov. 30, 1988
On the easel in the middle of LeRoy Neiman’s Manhattan studio, his latest work-in-progress awaits final touches.
Feb. 13, 2000
Thieves smashed through a SoHo gallery’s front door today and snatched $750,000 worth of art works--including nine oil paintings and drawings by LeRoy Neiman--in a lightning-fast pre-dawn heist, police said.
Feb. 13, 1990
SoHo Heist: Thieves smashed through a SoHo gallery’s front door Tuesday in New York and snatched $750,000 worth of art works--including nine oil paintings and drawings by leRoy Neiman--in a lighting-fast pre-dawn heist, police said.
Feb. 14, 1990