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1895 Detroit, Michigan - 1977 Portland, Maine. Known for: Seascape painting, wood engraving.
Leo Meissner was born in Hamtramck, Michigan in 1895 in the heart of the newly industrialized areas around Detroit. He enrolled at age fifteen in the Detroit Fine Art Academy where he studied with... Read full biography
Leo Meissner was born in Hamtramck, Michigan in 1895 in the heart of the newly industrialized areas around Detroit. He enrolled at age fifteen in the Detroit Fine Art Academy where he studied with John P. Wicker (1860-1931). The exigencies of study without a scholarship or much financial support... Read full biography
Leo Meissner was born in Hamtramck, Michigan in 1895 in the heart of the newly industrialized areas around Detroit. He enrolled at age fifteen in the Detroit Fine Art Academy where he studied with John P. Wicker (1860-1931). The exigencies of study without a scholarship or much financial support from his Bohemian immigrant parents led young Leo to have to balance schooling in art with working odd jobs. He made his way from about 1910 until he enlisted in World War I learning about art under... Read full biography
Leo Meissner was born in Hamtramck, Michigan in 1895 in the heart of the newly industrialized areas around Detroit. He enrolled at age fifteen in the Detroit Fine Art Academy where he studied with John P. Wicker (1860-1931). The exigencies of study without a scholarship or much financial support from his Bohemian immigrant parents led young Leo to have to balance schooling in art with working odd jobs. He made his way from about 1910 until he enlisted in World War I learning about art under Wicker and working to support his schooling. On the troop ship to France, Meissner fell in love with the turbulent swells of the Atlantic and decided that it would be a fine subject for painting. He pursued the sea as a major theme in his painting and... Read full biography
Leo Meissner was born in Hamtramck, Michigan in 1895 in the heart of the newly industrialized areas around Detroit. He enrolled at age fifteen in the Detroit Fine Art Academy where he studied with John P. Wicker (1860-1931). The exigencies of study without a scholarship or much financial support from his Bohemian immigrant parents led young Leo to have to balance schooling in art with working odd jobs. He made his way from about 1910 until he enlisted in World War I learning about art under Wicker and working to support his schooling. On the troop ship to France, Meissner fell in love with the turbulent swells of the Atlantic and decided that it would be a fine subject for painting. He pursued the sea as a major theme in his painting and printmaking for the rest of his life. After the war, Meissner continued to study at the Detroit Fine Art Academy where he won a... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesMonhegan: The Artists' Island
1995Curtis, Jane and Will, Frank Lieberman, Carl Little (Foreward)192 pages (color)The Annual & Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1918-1989)
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor); Andrea Ansell Bien468 pagesThe Salons of America
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S242 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesPrint Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries
1975Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman246 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1973
1973Jaques Cattell Press927 pagesHistory of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954Clark, Eliot296 pagesAmerican Prize Prints of the 20th Century
1949Reese, Albert257 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1947
1947Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)685 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages