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1916 Pittston, Pennsylvania - 1980. Known for: Abstract figurative.
Leon Wall (1916 - 1980). Born in Pittston, PA in 1916. He moved to New York City in 1933. He studied at the National Academy of Design for several years. He was awarded a three-year Tiffany... Read full biography
Leon Wall (1916 - 1980). Born in Pittston, PA in 1916. He moved to New York City in 1933. He studied at the National Academy of Design for several years. He was awarded a three-year Tiffany Fellowship from 1937-1939. He won first prize for landscape painting in the 1939 Tiffany Exhibition of Fine... Read full biography
Leon Wall (1916 - 1980). Born in Pittston, PA in 1916. He moved to New York City in 1933. He studied at the National Academy of Design for several years. He was awarded a three-year Tiffany Fellowship from 1937-1939. He won first prize for landscape painting in the 1939 Tiffany Exhibition of Fine Art which was held annually prior to World War II. From 1939 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured... Read full biography
Leon Wall (1916 - 1980). Born in Pittston, PA in 1916. He moved to New York City in 1933. He studied at the National Academy of Design for several years. He was awarded a three-year Tiffany Fellowship from 1937-1939. He won first prize for landscape painting in the 1939 Tiffany Exhibition of Fine Art which was held annually prior to World War II. From 1939 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured on art at the New York 1939 World's Fair. From 1941 to 1946, he served in the US Army. In the service, he was given the task of designing sets and costumes for musicals that entertained the troops, and he was commissioned to do a set of murals on... Read full biography
Leon Wall (1916 - 1980). Born in Pittston, PA in 1916. He moved to New York City in 1933. He studied at the National Academy of Design for several years. He was awarded a three-year Tiffany Fellowship from 1937-1939. He won first prize for landscape painting in the 1939 Tiffany Exhibition of Fine Art which was held annually prior to World War II. From 1939 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured on art at the New York 1939 World's Fair. From 1941 to 1946, he served in the US Army. In the service, he was given the task of designing sets and costumes for musicals that entertained the troops, and he was commissioned to do a set of murals on the history of his regiment, which had to be abandoned when the war broke out. ... Read full biography
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Leon Wall (1916 - 1980)
Born in Pittston, PA in 1916. He moved to New York City in 1933. He studied at the National Academy of Design for several years. He was awarded a three-year Tiffany Fellowship from 1937-1939. He won first prize for landscape painting in the 1939 Tiffany Exhibition of Fine Art which was held annually prior to World War II. From 1939 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured on art at the New York 1939 World's Fair.
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