I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'

Following his return in 1946 Neiman studied briefly at the St. He was 91. Hoelscher of St.

LeRoy Neiman (June 8 1921 – June 20 2012) was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes musicians and sporting events.