LeRoy Neiman

Personal life Neiman married Janet Byrne in 1957. They lived in New York City, their home base for over five decades, until Neiman's death. Their residence, inside a New York City landmark, the Hotel des Artistes over the Café des Artistes on West 67th Street, originally intended for painters, is made up of double-height rooms that overlook Central Park. Norman Rockwell once lived there, as well as celebrities Rudolph Valentino, Noël Coward, CNN founder Reese Schonfeld and former mayor John Lindsay. Neiman's painting studio, offices, and home are on one floor, his archives on another, and his penthouse at the top.

Later years Neiman continued to paint after having his right leg amputated, the result of arterial insufficiency, at a New York hospital in April 2010. Neiman's autobiography, titled All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs was published on June 5, 2012.

Awards LeRoy Neiman was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2009 as a Bicentennial Laureate.

Art market As of August 8, 2013, the highest price attained for one of his works (Vegas, 1961) had been $173,000 ($ in ) in 2012. On March 23, 2016, his work entitled Auction at Sotheby's was sold at Christie's for $161,000 ($ in ). On November, 15, 2024, his work To the Wire was auctioned for $334,875 and his "Sax Man sold for $146,875. Both were described as "oil on board. Although it was only expected to sell in the $40–$60,000 range, Football Star Constellation set a new record price for a Neiman original at $430,000 in 2015 ($ in ).

Death Neiman died on June 20, 2012, twelve days after his 91st birthday, in New York City. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.

Books

Neiman, LeRoy (2025) Portrait of the Artist