Leon Kroll

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Leon Kroll (1884–1974) was an accomplished American painter, lithographer, critic, and art teacher.

Born in New York City, Kroll studied at the Art Students League of New York under John Henry Twachtman, and at the Académie Julian in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens in the late 1900s.

In 1913 Kroll showed work at the Armory Show.

Sleeping Nude

In addition to his own work, Kroll taught at the Art Students League of New York and the school of the National Academy of Design, where he had his first solo exhibition in 1910, was named as Associate in 1920 and as full Academician in 1927. He was also named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1950.

Among Kroll's major public works are murals at:

* the Department of Justice Building, 1935
* the Indiana Statehouse, with figures described by critics as "Bolsheviks", 1952
* the Worcester Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts. 1938-1942
* Shriver Hall at Johns Hopkins University, circa 1953.

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