A Life Painted in Bold Strokes: The World of Leroy Neiman Leroy Neiman, born LeRoy Leslie Runquist in 1921 amidst the bustling streets of Saint Paul, Minnesota, wasn’t destined for a conventional artistic path. His early life was marked by significant change; his father's abrupt departure left a young boy to navigate a world reshaped by his mother’s subsequent marriages – adopting the surname “Neiman” from a stepfather who would becom…