Leonard A. Edmondson

Leonard A. Edmondson
Personal details
Born	12 June 1916 Sacramento, California
Died	23 July 2002 West Covina, California
Nativity	United States
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	39839384
Rank	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 19 (16 May – 13 July 1944)
Section	7C
Teams	MII 545, MII 488-G

Teammates

Team — MII 545

Team — MII 488-G

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Leonard Edmondson (1916-2002) was an American Abstract expressionist painter and printmaker.

Biography

Leonard Edmondson (1916-2002) was an American Abstract expressionist painter and printmaker.

Edmondson was born on June 12, 1916, in Sacramento, California. He attended the Los Angeles City College and then the University of California, Berkeley where he earned both his B.A. And M.A.. He went on to serve in the Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army) from 1942 through 1946.

When he left the Army and returned to California he began his teaching career at Pasadena City College. He later taught at the Otis Art Institute and California State University, Los Angeles. In 1962, Edmondson was a founding member of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society. In 1973, his book "Etching" was published.

In 1943, while stationed at Fort Sumner, in a letter to his first wife, he expressed his ambition to "study under a top-notch artist" as a path toward becoming an art teacher, and "prescient conviction about painting", amongst more mundane concerns. Edmondson became life long friends with classmate Ynez Johnston.

Edmondson's work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Edmondson died on July 23, 2002, in West Covina, California.

Gallery

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	86
Class_ASN	39839384
Class_Name	EDMONSON, Leonard A.
match_method	asn_exact_name_compatible
row_source	both

Sources

• Wikipedia: Leonard Edmondson
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)