PIONEERING GAY ART PATRON FRITZ LOHMAN, WHO TOGETHER WITH HIS LIFE PARTNER OF 48 YEARS, CHARLES LESLIE, FOUNDERS OF THE LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION IN NEW YORK CITY, PASSED AWAY 31.DECEMBER.2009. HE WAS 89 YEARS OLD. LESLIE/LOHMAN, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1990, LOCATED IN SOHO, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST GROUPS DEDICATED TO THE COLLECTION, EXHIBITION, PRESERVATION AND AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL AND INFORMATION ABOUT GAY AND LESBIAN ARTISTS AND ART. ARTISTS INCLUDED IN ITS COLLECTIONS INCLUDE ANDY WARHOL, ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE AND JEAN COCTEAU
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LESLIE/LOHMAN FOUNDATION VISIT www.leslielohman.org
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