Ron Kleeman

Art Brokerage: Robert Kleemann American Artist: b. 1937-2014. Ron Kleemann was born in 1937 in Bay City, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Design in 1961 with a B.S. Degree in Design. Ron Kleemann has been making photorealist art since the mid-sixties. His work is owned by museums and major modern collectors all over the world. His art regularly appears in both solo and group shows. Kleemann has been represented by the Louis K. Meisel Gallery in New York City for more than thirty years. His work is usually that of shiny, brightly painted vehicles sometimes focusing on just certain parts. Kleemann began to use photographs as aides for his paintings in 1968. These early paintings had subjects such as trucks and cars. Some of the paintings were superimposed with parts of the male and female body. In the early 1970s, Kleemann began to paint extreme close ups of race cars and trucks. This series of paintings made him an icon of Photorealism and solidified his position amongst the original Photorealists. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.