Leslie, Alfred, 1927-....
Variant namesAlfred Leslie (b. 1927) is a painter, editor; New York, N.Y.
Leslie Painted in a style he called "confrontational art" which involves a direct realism intended to grab the viewer's attention and deliver a message almost didactic and persuasive in its tone. He was the editor of the avant-garde literary review THE HASTY PAPERS.
From the description of Alfred Leslie papers, 1959-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476862
Painter, editor; New York, N.Y.
Painted in a style he called "confrontational art" which involves a direct realism intended to grab the viewer's attention and deliver a message almost didactic and persuasive in its tone. He often focused on the individual portrait and was a great admirer of David, Caravaggio, and Rubens. He was the editor of the avant-garde literary review THE HASTY PAPERS.
From the description of Alfred Leslie papers, 1959-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404025
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Karl E. Fortess interviews with artists | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Walter Erlebacher | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Robert Scull | Archives of American Art |
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Alliance of Figurative Artists. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934- | person |
| associatedWith | Bellamy, Richard. | person |
| associatedWith | Chrisman, Stephanie, | person |
| associatedWith | Cohen, John. | person |
| associatedWith | Corso, Gregory. | person |
| associatedWith | Erlebacher, Walter, 1933-1991 | person |
| associatedWith | Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907- | person |
| associatedWith | Francis, Sam, 1923-1994. | person |
| associatedWith | Ginsberg, Allen, 1926- | person |
| associatedWith | Hartigan, Grace. | person |
| associatedWith | Horvat, Frank, 1928- | person |
| associatedWith | Hunter, Sam, 1923- | person |
| associatedWith | Mailer, Norman. | person |
| associatedWith | Martha Jackson Gallery. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. | person |
| associatedWith | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Oppenheimer, Joel | person |
| associatedWith | Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960. | person |
| associatedWith | Scull, Robert, 1917-1986. | person |
| associatedWith | Scull, Robert C., | person |
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| Art, American |
| Art |
| Editing |
| Painters |
| Painting, Modern |
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Person
Birth 1927-10-29
Americans
English
