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The book LeRoy Neiman: The Life of America's Most Beloved and Belittled Artist, Travis Vogan is published by University of Chicago Press.
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LeRoy Neiman
American painter and printmaker (–)
LeRoy Neiman (born LeRoy Leslie Runquist, June 8, &#;– June 20, ) was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screenprints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events.
Early life
Neiman was born in in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of Lydia Sophia (née Serline), of Braham, Minnesota,[2] and Charles Julius Runquist, who were married in and lived in Grasston, Minnesota (Kanabec County).[3][4] He was of Turkish and Swedish descent ("as near as I can figure out", as he has said).[3] His father deserted his family, and when his mother married his stepfather, John L.
Niman (Neiman) in , LeRoy changed to the new surname as well. His mother divorced Neiman about , and married for the third time in about , to Ernst G. Hoelscher, of St. Paul. She died in St. Paul on November 14, , aged LeRoy was raised in the Macalester-Groveland and Frogtown neighbor