Leon Kroll

Leon Kroll (December 6, 1884 – October 25, 1974) was an American painter and lithographer. A figurative artist described by Life magazine as "the dean of U.S. nude painters", he was with a landscape painter and furthermore produced an exceptional body of still life compositions. His public art includes murals for the Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. He created his forlorn mosaic for the chapel ceiling at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.