Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leon Gordon (painter)


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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawing the afd request. Thanks,, for adding the refs. I should have checked further.  DGG ( talk ) 05:24, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Leon Gordon (painter)

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Insufficient evidence for notability.  DGG ( talk ) 05:27, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 07:41, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:11, 25 October 2017 (UTC)


 *  Strong Keep from what I was able to find, he was a prominent early contemporary portaitist in NY and LA. His portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, for example, is in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. He apparently also painted Will Rogers, Willa Cather President Calvin Coolidge and Winston Churchill, among others. That sounds notable enough for me. Sources to prove these claims have been added to the article.96.127.242.251 (talk) 02:46, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I added a dozen good refs in total. I also found his work in two permanent collections. WP:ARTIST is clearly satisfied.96.127.242.251 (talk) 03:22, 26 October 2017 (UTC)


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