LeRoy Neiman Fine Art For Sale

Sports art is one of those fields that is still trying to define itself. Once considered a genre of questionable taste, many of today's most celebrated artists have built their fame on "the roar of the crowd." LeRoy Neiman, in many ways, is one of the reasons that sports art receives the critical acceptance that it does.

As an American Impressionist, Neiman brought his considerable skills to nearly every major sports arena. One can hear the roars of the crowd in the captured milliseconds of time and space in his paintings of the Grand Prix, the U.S. Open, the Preakness, and the opening ceremonies of multiple Olympiads. Great moments in stadium sports, like the Superbowl and the World Series, are immortalized forever.

Neiman's portraits of the heroes of sports capture more than their profiles. Their entire personae and energy is always palpable. Neiman has often been quoted as saying he isn't interested in the "man behind the mask"; it's the mask itself that fascinates him. Nonetheless, his sports portraits seem to go further than the surface. Further, he paints athletes being athletic: Michael Jordan in mid-flight; Chris Evert acing a serve; DiMaggio catching the last out.

At Atkinson Fine Art, we are proud of our longstanding relationship with LeRoy Neiman. We have access to nearly every great LeRoy Neiman sports painting, lithograph and serigraph--if you don't see the one you need represented in our online gallery, don't hesitate to drop us a line. We handle the procurement and recirculation of LeRoy Neiman fine art for hundreds of private and public collectors.