Leon Kroll https://americanart.si.edu/artist/leon-kroll-2724 Name: Leon Kroll Also Known as Abraham Leon Kroll Born: New York, New York Died: Gloucester, Massachusetts born New York City 1884-died Gloucester, MA 1974 Nationalities: American Painter Winslow Homer encouraged young Kroll to make a career of art. Born in New York, he first enrolled at the Art Students League, then continued his training at the National Academy of Design and with Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris. Although he exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show, Kroll's style was more strongly informed by his association with the Henri circle. Indeed, it was the presence of Robert Henri and George Bellows in Santa Fe that brought Kroll to New Mexico in the summer of 1917. During his brief stay, Kroll rendered the colorful southwestern scene with the same delight in plastic form that he brought to his better-known New York figure paintings and portraits.