Aurel Joel Leitner was born in 1898 in Hungary and came to the United States in the 1920s to start his career as a concert pianist. Tragically, his musical aspirations were ended when he lost his arm in an automobile accident. He became a painter and moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s. In addition to his mural at Patriotic Hall, Leitner exhibited at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition and assisted Helen Lundeberg with her WPA Venice High School mural. Leitner died in 1957.
Biographical information in part provided by Seema’s Show: A Life on the Left by Sara Halprin, 2005.
Show LessAurel Joel Leitner was born in 1898 in Hungary and came to the United States in the 1920s to start his career as a concert pianist. Tragically, his musical aspirations were ended when he lost his arm in an automobile accident. He became a painter and moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s. In addition to his mural at Patriotic Hall, Leitner exhibited at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition and assisted Helen Lundeberg with her WPA Venice High School mural. Leitner died in 1957.
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