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1950 to 2000
Woodwind Trio, 1985
Harold Lehman
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From 1945 until
the early 1960's Lehman lived in a loft on West 21st Street in New York.
In 1950, Lehman met Leona Koutras who had come to the studio for art
lessons. Two years later they married.
Lehman moved with
Lee from his studio in New York to Fort Lee and later to Leonia, New
Jersey. In the ensuing years they had two children: Lisa and Harold.
In addition to
continuing with his own art, Lehman became involved as a scenic artist/designer
for both large scale theme parks as well as for television and film.
In the early '60's he worked for Asbury Park and Freedom Land and in
1964-65 directed exhibits for the Coca-Cola Pavilion at the New York
World's Fair. In 1967 he traveled to Montreal, Canada to be Exhibit
Consultant to the Canadian Government's exhibits in Expo '67.
Throughout the
1970's Lehman was both designer and scenic artist for CBS and NBC
television.
Since 1980, Lehman
has been developing other art projects and exhibits. He has also given
talks on art and been a panel member at art symposiums that include:
- A symposium
on Mexican and American art at the Detroit Institute of Art, with
Francis O'Connor and Lawrence Hurlburt, 1978
- A symposium
on Art of the WPA era at the Miami-Dade Museum's Mitchel Wolfson
Collection Exhibit, 1985.
- The Tilted
Arc controversy in New York where he was one of the speakers who
addressed the topic "What Is Appropriate and What Isn't in
Public Art", 1985.
- A symposium
on art of the WPA held at the Art Student's League, in New York,where
Lehman was a guest speaker, March, 1999.
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Harold Lehman , 1964-65
Coca Cola Pavilion
NY World's Fair
Self Portrain, 1998
Harold Lehman
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