Lloyd R. Ney Explained

Lloyd Raymond "Bill" Ney (March 8, 1893 – May 10, 1965) was an American painter and sculptor known for his textural, non-objective work.[1] During the New Deal, his New London Facets for New London, Ohio was the only abstract art mural commissioned by the Treasury Department for a U.S. Post Office.[2] He exhibited at the Guggenheim during his lifetime,[3] and some of his paintings are in that museum's permanent collection.[4]

Born in Pennsylvania to William W. and Sadie (Maidensford) Ney, when Ney was young his father worked as a postal clerk.[5] On his World War I draft registration card, Ney listed his occupation as "Inspector of Shells."[6] He served in the U.S. Army from July 1917 to July 1919, apparently as a private at a base hospital.[7] He taught at the Kansas City Art Institute. After some time studying art in Paris, Ney eventually settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, which ultimately became known for its colony of modern artists. Ney died in Pennsylvania in 1965.[8] Some of his paintings were included in the New Hope Modernists 1917–1950 exhibit at the James A. Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania in 1991.[9]

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  1. Web site: Lloyd (Bill) Ney . 2023-04-18 . Bucks County Artists Database . EN.
  2. Book: Marling, Karal Ann . https://books.google.com/books?id=C_heVcKKqVEC&dq=%22new+london+facets%22+ney+new+deal&pg=PA293 . Wall-to-wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression . 1982 . U of Minnesota Press . 978-0-8166-3673-0 . en . Chapter 6: That Abstract Art Stuff Ending with New London, Ohio.
  3. Book: Metzelthin, Pearl Violette Newfield . Gourmet . 1990 . Condé Nast Publications . en.
  4. Web site: The Kansas City Star 12 May 1965, page 22 . 2023-04-19 . Newspapers.com . en.
  5. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3SQ-VJD : 13 January 2022), Lloyd R Ney in entry for W W Ney, 1900.
  6. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VF-6P7 : 26 December 2021), Lloyd Raymond Ney, 1917-1918.
  7. "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BWT-J16Z : 23 October 2019), Lloyd Raymond Ney, Jul 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
  8. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYQF-LYH : 8 January 2021), Lloyd Ney, May 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  9. Web site: New Hope Modernists Get Their Due, The Philadelphia Inquirer 17 Feb 1991, page 362 . 2023-04-19 . Newspapers.com . en.

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