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LeRoy Neiman Exhibition Highlights Early Fashion Illustration Work

LeRoy Neiman (1921–2012) was best known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians and sporting events. A new exhibition highlights his early, lesser-known work as a fashion illustrator and explores how it influenced his lifelong interest in capturing the clothing, gesture and style of his subjects.

The exhibition begins with commercial works he produced in the 1950s and continues through the following decades, showcasing themes in his sketches and studies such as masculinity, celebrity and the formal elements of gesture, line and color. Neiman was rarely without his sketchbook, and his art reflects both his curiosity and observational skill.

Featuring 85 illustrations — many on public view for the first time — the exhibition spans Neiman’s work from the 1950s through the 1990s and includes garments from the artist’s personal wardrobe. It is organized in partnership with the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation in New York City.