LeRoy Neiman: The Life of America’s Most Beloved and Belittled Artist
Autor Travis Voganen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 oct 2024
LeRoy Neiman—the cigar-smoking and mustachioed artist famous for his Playboy illustrations, sports paintings, and brash interviews—stood among the twentieth century’s most famous, wealthy, and polarizing artists. His stylish renderings of musicians, athletes, and sporting events captivated fans but baffled critics, who accused Neiman of debasing art with popular culture. Neiman cashed in on the controversy, and his extraordinary popularity challenged the norms of what art should be, where it belongs, and who should have access to it.
The story of a Depression-era ragamuffin–turned–army chef–turned–celebrity artist, Neiman’s biography is a rollicking ride through twentieth-century American history, punctuated by encounters with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Frank Sinatra, Joe Namath, and Andy Warhol. In the whirlwind of his life, Neiman himself once remarked that even he didn’t know who he really was—but, he said, the fame and money that came his way made it all worth it. In this first biography of the captivating and infamous man, Travis Vogan hunts for the real Neiman amid the America that made him.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226820071
ISBN-10: 0226820076
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: 16 color plates, 33 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226820076
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: 16 color plates, 33 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Travis Vogan is professor of journalism, mass communication, and American studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of numerous books on sports, media, and culture, most recently The Boxing Film: A Cultural and Transmedia History.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Pure Neimanism
Part 1: Underdog
Chapter 1: LeRoy Runquist
Chapter 2: Street Artist
Chapter 3: A Roguish Role Model
Chapter 4: Midwestern Bohemian
Chapter 5: A Reporter Type of Painter
Part 2: Celebrity
Chapter 6: Hefner’s Court Painter
Chapter 7: Playboy’s Norman Rockwell
Chapter 8: The Sports Artist
Chapter 9: At the Hotel des Artistes
Chapter 10: The Heavyweight Champion of Art
Chapter 11: TV Artist in a Xerox Society
Chapter 12: Middle America’s Michelangelo
Part 3: Outcast
Chapter 13: Bringing Disease to the Hospital
Chapter 14: The LeRoy Neiman of . . .
Chapter 15: The Price and Cost of Legitimacy
Chapter 16: All Told
Conclusion: Fame and Legacy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Introduction: Pure Neimanism
Part 1: Underdog
Chapter 1: LeRoy Runquist
Chapter 2: Street Artist
Chapter 3: A Roguish Role Model
Chapter 4: Midwestern Bohemian
Chapter 5: A Reporter Type of Painter
Part 2: Celebrity
Chapter 6: Hefner’s Court Painter
Chapter 7: Playboy’s Norman Rockwell
Chapter 8: The Sports Artist
Chapter 9: At the Hotel des Artistes
Chapter 10: The Heavyweight Champion of Art
Chapter 11: TV Artist in a Xerox Society
Chapter 12: Middle America’s Michelangelo
Part 3: Outcast
Chapter 13: Bringing Disease to the Hospital
Chapter 14: The LeRoy Neiman of . . .
Chapter 15: The Price and Cost of Legitimacy
Chapter 16: All Told
Conclusion: Fame and Legacy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Recenzii
"A new take on Neiman’s status and achievements."
“An up-from-nowhere tale of pluck, talent and art-establishment disdain.”
"Fascinating."
“Vogan does a masterful job bringing both Neiman and his times to vibrant life, never sparing in his critique but appropriately sympathetic to a self-made man who produced high-gloss schlock. . . . His best memorial is this book, which so persuasively and elegantly places him in the center of late-20th-century American popular culture.”
"This cigar-smoking artist is more than the opinions of his work—his life reflects a wild ride through 20th century American history. The newest biography from Travis Vogan offers a glimpse into this wholly American life."
“LeRoy Neiman wanted to be taken seriously as an artist, and it troubled him that he never really was. With this well-researched, insightful, and clear-eyed biography, Travis Vogan has righted that wrong. This isn’t the adulatory book Neiman would have commissioned during his life, but anyone who takes art seriously—as he did—understands that there’s no greater sign of respect than to reveal one’s subject for what it is. That’s just what Vogan has done for Neiman and his work in these pages.”
“Neiman and I were very good friends for forty years, and year after year, we covered most of the biggest sporting events together. I always took pictures of LeRoy at these events, and he’d always do a drawing of me in return. He could be very generous to his friends. I treasure my collection of those drawings. This terrific book perfectly captures the Neiman I knew.”