Alfred Leslie was an American painter and filmmaker known for turning his back on nonrepresentational art which bought him fame and success in the early 1960s to lead a revival of figurative painting. Leslie was born in New York where he began drawing as a child and by 10 was developing his own photographs and at 14, he was shooting 16-millimeter films. After graduating from high school, Leslie served two years in the Coast Guard and then, took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study art with the sc... moreAlfred Leslie was an American painter and filmmaker known for turning his back on nonrepresentational art which bought him fame and success in the early 1960s to lead a revival of figurative painting. Leslie was born in New York where he began drawing as a child and by 10 was developing his own photographs and at 14, he was shooting 16-millimeter films. After graduating from high school, Leslie served two years in the Coast Guard and then, took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study art with the sculptor Tony Smith and the painter William Baziotes at New York University.
