Alfred Leslie
Alfred Leslie | |
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| Born | October 29, 1927 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2023 (aged 95) New York City, U.S. |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, cinema |
| Movement | New Realism |
Alfred Leslie (October 29, 1927 – January 27, 2023) was an American painter and filmmaker. He first achieved success as an
Biography
Alfred Leslie was born in New York City. After service in the
Invited to partake in the
On October 17, 1966, nearly all of Leslie's monochrome paintings were destroyed in a fire.
Leslie was also known for his large scale charcoal drawings, and for his work as a photographer and filmmaker. Together with Robert Frank, Leslie directed the short film Pull My Daisy in 1959. The film, narrated by Jack Kerouac, was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1996. He also created the films Directions: A Walk after the War Games (1946–49), The Last Clean Shirt with the poet Frank O'Hara (1964), The Cedar Bar (2001), Einstein's Secret (2008), and the animated film The New York Story (1963).[2]
Leslie died from
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References
- Benezra, N. (1998). An uncommon vision. New York: Hudson Hills Press. ISBN 1-879003-20-1
- Leslie, A. (1991). Alfred Leslie: Drawings. New York: B. Flynn & R. Bellamy. ISBN 0-9624258-3-4
- Herskovic, Marika, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, Archived September 29, 2007, at the ISBN 0-9677994-0-6. p. 16; p. 37; p. 218-221
- Herskovic, Marika, American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism: Style Is Timely Art Is Timeless (New York School Press, 2009.) ISBN 978-0-9677994-2-1. p. 152-155
Further reading
- Barbara Rose, American painting, the twentieth century (New York : Skira/Rizzoli, 1986.) ISBN 2-605-00308-6
- ISBN 0-8109-0135-8. p. 321-371
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