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Robert Lesser or Bobby Lesser (born October 22, 1942) is an American actor. Lesser was born in New York City, and lives in Santa Barbara, California. His earliest work dates back to 1967 with "David Holzman's Diary", directed by Jim McBride.
Robert Lesser was born on 22 October 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Die Hard (1988), 2010 (1984) and Oscar (1991).
- January 1, 1
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- New York City, New York, USA
- Not ‘Fine’ Art, Not ‘Nice’ Art
- ‘I Don’T Respect respectability’
- ‘There Are at Least 2,500 to 3,000 Paintings Out There’
- ‘These Paintings Come Alive’
- ‘A New Form of American Culture’
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Greene:Bob, tell us why you selected pulp art as something worthy of collecting. Why not Norman Rockwells or Robert Maplethorpes? Lesser:My basic point of view for some time has been that pulp art from 1920 to approximately 1950 is a unique, unusual, and important genre of American illustration/American art. It is different from everything else. It...
Greene:In spite of their disinterest in the art itself, what has been the reaction to your interest in the pulps? Lesser:Some think me a fool. Some think me a stupid fool, and some think me a brain-damaged fool as an inheritance, and others think it’s a joke. Some relate it to the comic book. They haven’t the slightest understanding of what it’s al...
Greene:How have you found these paintings? Lesser:You have to understand the ways of collecting anything. You can wait for them to appear at Sotheby’s and Christie’s and pay super retail. That may take years. If you really want something, you go and hunt it down yourself. If I were a tiger hunter in Kenya, I’d get up early in the morning and go loo...
Greene:Of all the collections you’ve put together over the years, why did you decide to preserve this collection intact? Lesser:Well, you come down to the Degas question. Degas, the great painter, was having dinner with a bourgeois business man. And the business man said, “M. Degas, I have this. I have that. I have this. I have that.” And Degas ask...
[At the time of the interview in 1994, Lesser was planning to bequeath his pulp-art collection to Bowling Green State University. In 2013, he deeded his collection of nearly 200 works, as well as donated $1.3-million for its maintenance, to the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. – ed.] Greene:Why Bowling Green? Lesser:I could give y...
Learn about Robert Lesser, a legendary collector of pulp art, comic art, and other pop-culture memorabilia. He shares his passion, insights, and stories in this interview from 1994.
Robert Lesser is an American actor who has appeared in films such as Godzilla, Die Hard, and End of Days. He also has roles in TV shows like Quantum Leap, L.A. Law, and Bosom Buddies.
Robert Lesser is an actor who has appeared in various TV shows and movies since 1974. See his full list of credits, including roles in The Auteur Theory, Poltergeist II, and The Big Easy.
Robert Lesser. عربي. Robert Lesserروبرت ليسر. Biography. An American actor, born on October 22, 1942, in New York. His most notable films include 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Die Hard, Oscar, and The Relic. Nationality: US. Date of Birth: 22 October 1942. Watch Online. Erkek Severse. 2022 - Series. subscribe. Moumou Ainya. 2017 - Series. free.
Robert Lesser was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Lesser began his acting career with roles in such films as "David Holzman's Diary" (1967), the Henry Cory comedy...
