LeRoy Greene was born in Dover, New Jersey in 1893, born the son of a painter. In 1911 he went to Florida, then to Eastern Montana where he worked in construction. Next he operated his own business... Read full biography
LeRoy Greene was born in Dover, New Jersey in 1893, born the son of a painter. In 1911 he went to Florida, then to Eastern Montana where he worked in construction. Next he operated his own business in sculptured jewelry in Billings, Montana, which provided him the necessary funds, he saved to study... Read full biography
LeRoy Greene was born in Dover, New Jersey in 1893, born the son of a painter. In 1911 he went to Florida, then to Eastern Montana where he worked in construction. Next he operated his own business in sculptured jewelry in Billings, Montana, which provided him the necessary funds, he saved to study art. Greene apprenticed with Roscoe Shrader and Edouart Vysekal in Los Angeles, with portrait painter Wayman Adams, and with George Elmer Browne. Next Greene built a studio in Billings. From 1933 to... Read full biography
LeRoy Greene was born in Dover, New Jersey in 1893, born the son of a painter. In 1911 he went to Florida, then to Eastern Montana where he worked in construction. Next he operated his own business in sculptured jewelry in Billings, Montana, which provided him the necessary funds, he saved to study art. Greene apprenticed with Roscoe Shrader and Edouart Vysekal in Los Angeles, with portrait painter Wayman Adams, and with George Elmer Browne. Next Greene built a studio in Billings. From 1933 to 1943 he taught art there. He was noted for traveling widely and painted "landscapes from Mexico to Massachusetts and Banff in Canada to New Mexico.". By 1946 he was able to build a mountain studio in the Beartooth Range at East Rosebud Lake in... Read full biography
LeRoy Greene was born in Dover, New Jersey in 1893, born the son of a painter. In 1911 he went to Florida, then to Eastern Montana where he worked in construction. Next he operated his own business in sculptured jewelry in Billings, Montana, which provided him the necessary funds, he saved to study art. Greene apprenticed with Roscoe Shrader and Edouart Vysekal in Los Angeles, with portrait painter Wayman Adams, and with George Elmer Browne. Next Greene built a studio in Billings. From 1933 to 1943 he taught art there. He was noted for traveling widely and painted "landscapes from Mexico to Massachusetts and Banff in Canada to New Mexico.". By 1946 he was able to build a mountain studio in the Beartooth Range at East Rosebud Lake in Montana. He was noted for painting in the field. His style was to record the impression of what he saw, adding the detail in later at his studio... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
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LeRoy Greene
2012
Temple, Gary L. and Marylee M. Moreland
267 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
New Interpretations
1969
Burk, Dale
0 pages
Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937 (Exhibition catalog)
1937
Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay)
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index