Lest we forget: LeRoy Neiman

June 21, 2012

The iconic artist passed away yesterday at the age of 91.

I first “discovered” Neiman when I was pre-teen from This Great Game, a baseball coffee-table book which included several of his illustrations.

He also did the artwork for a 2002 edition of Casey at The Bat.

Neiman portrayed most of the star players over the years, including Sandy Koufax, Mark McGwire, Willie, Mays, Ted Williams and received many awards and honors for his work, not just in sports, but other subjects as well.

With his slicked-back hair and signature mustache, Neiman was as recognizable as his brightly-colored illustrations. I’m certainly no art hobbyist, but his work seemed to me a symbol of the frenetic era in which I first found it, although I know I’m not expressing the sentiment very well.

His memoirs, All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs, was just released on June 5.

 

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