{{Short description|American painter and sculptor (1893–1965)}} thumb|Lloyd R. Ney, 1929 passport photo '''Lloyd Raymond "Bill" Ney''' (March 8, 1893 – May 10, 1965) was an American painter and sculptor known for his textural, non-objective work.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Lloyd (Bill) Ney |url=https://bucksco.michenerartmuseum.org/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Bucks County Artists Database |language=EN}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marling |first=Karal Ann |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_heVcKKqVEC&dq=%22new+london+facets%22+ney+new+deal&pg=PA293 |title=Wall-to-wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression |date=1982 |publisher=U of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0-8166-3673-0 |language=en |chapter=Chapter 6: That Abstract Art Stuff Ending with New London, Ohio}}</ref> He exhibited at the Guggenheim during his lifetime,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Metzelthin |first=Pearl Violette Newfield |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLjyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22lloyd+r+ney%22+guggenheim+exhibit |title=Gourmet |date=1990 |publisher=Condé Nast Publications |language=en}}</ref> and some of his paintings are in that museum's permanent collection.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Kansas City Star 12 May 1965, page 22 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/648151383/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>
Born in Pennsylvania to William W. and Sadie (Maidensford) Ney,<ref name=":0" /> when Ney was young his father worked as a postal clerk.<ref>"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.</ref> On his World War I draft registration card, Ney listed his occupation as "Inspector of Shells."<ref>"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.</ref> He served in the U.S. Army from July 1917 to July 1919, apparently as a private at a base hospital.<ref>"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.</ref> He taught at the Kansas City Art Institute.<ref name=":1" /> After some time studying art in Paris, Ney eventually settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, which ultimately became known for its colony of modern artists.<ref name=":0" /> Ney died in Pennsylvania in 1965.<ref>"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).</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Hope Modernists Get Their Due, The Philadelphia Inquirer 17 Feb 1991, page 362 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/176193472/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://jimsoflambertville.com/artist-biography.php?artistId=322709&artist=Lloyd%20Ney Jim's of Lambertville Art Dealer, Local Artist Biography: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1965)]
Category:20th-century American artists Category:1893 births Category:1965 deaths
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