Malcolm Liepke 1953
Malcolm Liepke was born in 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He moved to New York and began studying artists such as John Singer Sargent, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Diego Velázquez, James McNeill Whistler and Édouard Vuillard. Liepke and Milt Kobayashi are friends and former roommates with similar styles. Liepke’s artworks have been presented on the covers of Time, Newsweek, Forbes and Fortune and are now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution and the Brooklyn Museum. His work has been widely exhibited at venues such as the Pastel Society of America, the American Watercolor Society, National Academy of Design and the National Arts Club. Malcolm Leipke’s work focuses on figurative paintings and drawings of intimate moments of sensual pleasure and introspection.
Nylons, 2014 oil on canvas 18” x 24”
Doll, 2014 oil on canvas 42” x 56”
Backwards Glance, 2014 oil on canvas 16” x 12”
Confetti, 2014 oil on canvas 24” x 21”
Sitting Out, 2014 oil on canvas 48” x 36”
On Her Knees, 2015 oil on canvas 66” x 42”
Cover Up, 2014 oil on canvas 13” x 9”
Young Man, 2014 oil on canvas 12” x 10”
Eyes Closed, 2014 oil on canvas 12” x 10”
Floating, 2014 oil on canvas 16” x 20”
Turned Away, 2014 oil on canvas 20” x 48”