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Leon Kroll
American 1884 -1975
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Born: |
New York City, New York, United States
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Studied: |
National Academy of Design Art Students League, New York City Academie Julien, Paris
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Instructors: |
Jean Pierre Laurens
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Exhibited: |
Armory Show, New York City 1913
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Examples of Work: |
Art Institute of Chicago Baltimore Museum of Art, MD Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC Dayton Art Institute, Ohio Detroit Institute of Arts Indianapolis Museum of Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
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Specialty: |
Painter Instructor
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Style/School: |
Realism
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Subjects Known For: |
Still Life Landscapes Figural Industrial Landscapes
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Memberships: |
National Academy of Design p. ANA 1920; NA 1927 American Academy of Arts and Letters Boston Art Club National Arts Club National Institute of Arts and Letters New Society of Artists
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Teaching Positions: |
National Academy of Design Art Students League, New York City
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Artist Profile |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
Leon Kroll was born in New York to an impoverished music loving family. Kroll, however, was drawn to the visual arts, when as a child he would haunt the old red brick and granite Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was earning his own way at fifteen and earned his tuition for the Art Students Le...
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