William Robinson Leigh -- William R. Leigh

Description Folder 427 Transcript (DCI) star in a black pool, and the faint lisp of water. "Maji m'zuri!" repeated my guide. I dropped on all fours, bent low, and drank; the water was cool and sweet. Little secret sounds as of insects -- little glimmers like elfin eyes -- a dead leaf fell to the water's surface and floated past my nose. "Tut kwnda?" (Shall we be going?) I said, getting to my feet. My host led the way up a branch canyon over a riot of...

Description Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed] EXHIBITION OF WESTERN PAINTINGS BY W. R. LEIGH On Tuesday, January 11, the Grand Central Art Galleries, 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, will open a large one-man show of recent works by William R. Leigh, who is the one living member of that trio of great American artists — the other two being of course Remington and Charles Russell — who have achieved fame as delineators of the...

Description Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed]1953 or 54 [noted in pencil at top of page]Publicity: Helen Shelley 1680 Broadway (5th Floor) New York 19. CO. 5-2077 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENEWS about Retrospective Painting Exhibition - 1906-1954 of W. R. LEIGH Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Hagerstown, Md., Feb.28 - March 31, inclusive Never can it be said that William Robinson LEIGH,...

Description Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed document]NEWS ABOUT:Scroll Award to W. R. Leigh by the Fine Arts Dept. of the N. Y. CITY FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS, INC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mrs. Claire M. Senie, President of the New York City Federation of Women’s Clubs, Inc., announces that William R. Leigh whom Collier’s on November 11th last, called “America’s Sagebrush Rembrandt” has...

Description Folder 421 Transcript (DCI) I. Dead World - Earths' pallid satellite - How soul-inspiring is thy light; How wondrous and sublime thy bright And mystic face! How grand and awful is thy flight Through boundless space: 2. Would that my soul like thee could soar, Bound by Earth's petty bonds no more, Soar where soul never ranged before; From height to height, The birth-place of the stars explore, In one vast flight! 3. Would that my thoughts...

Description Folder 342 Transcript (DCI) [first page of multi-page letter] [handwritten in cursive with ink]Mr Leigh, The man who owns this place wants to sell it badly, and wants us to help him find a buyer, Would you know of any one who would likely be interested in a place like this? he want $8000 cash [amount underlined] for it, I do hope he can get some person to take it, it is very cool and pleasant here in summer, and a...

Description Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page document] [printed red letterhead text]NEWS GRAND CENTRAL ART GALLERIES 15 VANDERBILT AVENUE, NEW YORK 17, N. Y. Telephone: MUrray Hill 6-4737FOR INFORMATION - CALL:[remainder of text is typed] EXHIBIT OF W. R. LEIGH’S WESTERN WATER COLORS[line of dashes separate the heading from the body of the text]A select group of...

Description Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [Single page document] [printed red letterhead text:]NEWS GRAND CENTRAL ART GALLERIES 15 VANDERBILT AVENUE, NEW YORK 17, N. Y. Telephone: MUrray Hill 6-4737FOR INFORMATION - CALL: [remainder of text is typed] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photos on Request Helen Shelley, Publicity CO 5-2077 EIGHT DECADES IN REVIEW (Paintings from 1872 to 1955 by William R. Leigh, A. N....

Description Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [Page 1] [cursive handwritten date in ink at top of page] Aug - 1944[printed red letterhead text]NEWS GRAND CENTRAL ART GALLERIES 15 VANDERBILT AVENUE, NEW YORK 17, N. Y. Telephone: MUrray Hill 6-4737FOR INFORMATION - CALL:[remainder of text is typed] FOR RELEASE DE VALERA ACCEPTS GIFT OF PAINTING BY AMERICAN ARTIST Eamon...

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