Ivan Albright: A Master of Illusion and Decay Born in North Harvey, Illinois, on February 20, 1897, Ivan Le Lorraine Albright was a uniquely American painter whose career spanned nearly seven decades. He emerged from the shadow of early 20th-century European artistic movements, particularly Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity), yet forged a distinctive style characterized by meticulous realism combined with unsettling psychological depth and a fascination with decay and corruption. His work, often described as “magic realism,” invites viewers into worlds where beauty and horror coexist, promp…