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Leon Kroll

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Leon Kroll (1884 - 1974) was active/lived in New York, New Mexico / Europe.  Leon Kroll is known for Landscape, cityscape, figure, still life and genre painting, teaching.

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 Leon Kroll remained a painter of realism at a time when the American art world was moving rapidly into abstraction and other styles that fell under the general term of modernism.  Nevertheless, asserting that he liked easy-to-recognize subjects that created a sense of that which was warm, sympathetic, and romantic, he was a leading artist of his time painting lush landscapes, figures, and still life. Other subjects such as his industrial scenes and cityscapes had elements of social realism and were painted with a heavier brush than his other works. He was especially focused on the human figure, and many of them seemed dreamlike in filmy dresses reclining in landscapes.

Kroll was born in New York City in 1884. He first studied at the Art Students League under John H. Twachtman, and in 1904 entered the National Academy School, winning the Academy's premier award in 1908. To earn money, he worked as a janitor and did mechanical drawing.

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Leon Kroll available:    George Benjamin Luks,  Ernest Lawson,  John Marin,  Marsden Hartley,  Robert (Henry Cozad) Henri,  Childe Hassam,  Walt Francis (Walter) Kuhn,  William James Glackens,  Reginald Marsh,  William Merritt Chase,  Willard Leroy Metcalf,  Everett Shinn,  Rockwell Kent,  Jane Peterson,  Maurice Brazil Prendergast,  Charles Burchfield,  George Bellows,  William Trost Richards,  Guy Pene Du Bois,  George Inness,  John La Farge,  Alfred Maurer,  Max Kuehne,  Eastman Johnson



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Keywords and Quick Facts for Leon Kroll


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art MediaArt Style
  • Impressionism Before 1940
Art SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Central Park, New York City
  • Monhegan Island, Maine
  • New Mexico Before 1940
  • Ogunquit, Maine
  • Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
  • Rockport, Massachusetts
  • Woodstock, New York
Art Association
  • Boston Art Club
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • National Arts Club, New York
  • Salons of America
  • Society of Independent Artists-
  • Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
  • Jean Paul Laurens
  • John Henry Twachtman
Art School
  • Academie Julian, Paris, Student
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Art Students League of New York, Teacher
  • Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Teacher
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Teacher
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
  • Carol Beck Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
  • Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Anschutz Collection
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Collection
  • Susan & Herbert Adler Collection
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
  • Ogunquit Artist Colony, Maine
  • Santa Fe Artist Colony
  • Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • Boston Art Club-
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • National Arts Club
  • Salmagundi Club, New York City-
  • Salons of America-
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
  • Armory Show 1913, New York

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