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Leroy Neiman
International Horse Show, New York
$3,360.00
$3,000.00
Medium: Serigraph On Paper
Date: 2007
Edition: 227/285
Size: 17x25 inches
Additional Details: Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Image size: 17x25.5". Additional images available upon request.
LeRoy Neiman once again takes us to the glittering world of high society, this time it’s the National Horse Show. The setting is Madison Square Garden in New York City for opening night of this extravaganza. The National Horse Show is the grandest event of the prestigious indoor horse show circuit.
We join the socialites as they meet and mingle around the show ring. Top hats and tailcoats, regal evening gowns, furs and sparkling jewelry heighten the sense of anticipation. Brilliant flags of the competing nations hang from beams far overhead, contributing to the pomp and pageantry.
The atmosphere pulsates, sparkling with electricity generated by the enraptured, privileged crowd. Neiman captures the excitement and tension of the moment, the thrill of being there, witnessing the fierce competition of the Grand Prix equestrians. Not until the last obstacle is overtaken does enthusiastic applause ring out throughout the Garden.
LeRoy Neiman has just been named the Official Commemorative Artist of the 2010 World Equestrian Games. Horses have always been a favorite subject. INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW, NEW YORK is set on a black background, magnifying the intensity and silhouetting the rich color palette that is quintessentially Neiman.
Art ID: G18513
LeRoy Neiman was an American artist who blended a Pop Art sensibility with impressionistic brushwork and vibrant color. “I do not depart from the colors borrowed from life,” he once said. “But I use color to emphasize the scent, the spirit, and the feeling of the thing I’ve experienced.” His prints and paintings of sporting events, leisure activities, and movie characters like Rocky were published in magazines such as Playboy. Born LeRoy Runquist on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, MN, after serving in the US military, the painter enrolled briefly at the St. Paul School of Art and then at the Art Institute of Chicago. During his life, Neiman sometimes performed on television, captivating audiences by drawing or painting portraits live on air. The prolific and popular artist made a substantial donation to Columbia University School of the Arts in 1995, which helped to create its LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. Neiman died on June 20, 2012 in New York, NY at the age of 91. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, among others.
