Alfred leslie artist biography
Alfred leslie artist biography.
Alfred Leslie
American painter and filmmaker (1927–2023)
Alfred Leslie | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1927-10-29)October 29, 1927 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2023(2023-01-27) (aged 95) New York City, U.S. |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, cinema |
| Movement | Abstract expressionism; New Realism |
Alfred Leslie (October 29, 1927 – January 27, 2023) was an American painter and filmmaker.
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He first achieved success as an Abstract Expressionist painter, but changed course in the early 1960s and became a painter of realisticfigurative paintings.
Biography
Alfred Leslie was born in New York City.
After service in the U.S. Coast Guard at the end of World War II, Leslie studied art at New York University, the Art Students League, and Pratt Institute.[1] A bodybuilder and hand-balancer, Leslie posed for artist Reginald Marsh and others and modeled for classes at the Art Students League and Pratt Institute.[2] Anticipating the Situationist Intern