About Leon Karp
Lived 1903 – 1951 (aged 47–48). Leon Karp was an American painter.
Leon Karp (1903–1951) was an American artist.
Biography Karp was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1903. He attended the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was also associated with the Atelier 17 printmaking studio. Karp died on August 3, 1951, in New York at the age of 47.
Karp's work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Who was Leon Karp?
American painter (1903–1951)
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Leon Karp was born in 1903 in New York City.
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Leon Karp died in 1951 in New York City.
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Leon Karp was a painter.
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