LeRoy Neiman

Celeste Holm, 95, was an active arts advocate

2012-07-16 07:07:00

Celeste Holm, who died Sunday at 95, had a lengthy career on stage and screen. But one of the actress' foremost passions was situated far from the entertainment industry. Holm was an arts advocate for many years and served as a chairwoman for Arts...

'Jeffersons' star Sherman Hemsley, 74, got his start in theater

2012-07-25 12:47:00

Behind many notable television careers is a theater background, and Sherman Hemsley, who died this week at 74, was no exception. The star of the long-running CBS sitcom "The Jeffersons," Hemsley got his start on the stage, including studying at the...

LeRoy Neiman dies at 91; artist depicted sports in bold strokes

2012-06-20 21:55:00

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. He was 91. Neiman, who was...

Critic's Notebook: LeRoy Neiman made art safe for Playboy-reading heterosexuals

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Without Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine and its philosophy of unfettered heterosexual hedonism through stimulation of all the senses, there would have been no LeRoy Neiman. Usually mischaracterized as simply a sports artist, he was actually much more...

Hot tips on California's premier racetracks

2011-10-16 00:00:00

California is home to more racetracks than any other state, with four dominant tracks and a dozen lesser venues, such as state fairs, where thoroughbreds line up shoulder to shoulder. The majors tend to be tributes to Old California. Each of the Big...

Neil Leifer knows all the angles

2008-01-02 19:03:22

January 6, 2008 NEW YORK -- For a guy who's a regular at Elaine's and has a standing reservation at Rao's and his own gallery in Vegas and a new book out selling for $400, and now a short doc on Oscar's short list, Neil Leifer still acts like he has...

Zombies in their midst

2005-02-17 00:00:00

Who needs Halloween? Just in time for the creepiest holiday — uh, Presidents Day — comes the extra creepy but super impressive Resident Evil 4. More classically restrained horror movie than guts-in-your-face splatter-fest, RE4 pulls you...

Artist LeRoy Neiman dies at 91

2012-06-20 21:32:12

"New Tradtions" art exhibition at EAG Gallery

2011-08-01 16:34:31

Renowned artists in new Elmhurst Artists' Guild Show

2011-08-03 16:34:38

Teacher’s painting to appear at The National Art Museum of Sport

2011-09-29 16:35:00

Artist gives $5M to School of the Art Institute

2011-05-24 07:12:00

Artist LeRoy Neiman, known for his colorful and energetic paintings of sports events, and his wife are donating $5 million to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a new student center, the school announced today. Neiman is an alumnus and former...

Known for his colorful portraits of athletes in motion, the wildly successful American artist became an artistic fixture at such major sporting events as the Olympics and the Super Bowl. Neiman was also a longtime contributor to Playboy magazine. He was 91.

2012-06-30 14:53:00

Neiman sketches Wayne Gretzky at a restaurant in New York after the unveiling of Neiman's portrait of the hockey great at a New York restaurant in 1981.

2012-06-20 20:01:33

LeRoy Neiman, the painter and sketch artist best known for evoking the kinetic energy of the world's biggest sporting and leisure events, died at age 91.

2012-06-20 18:21:00