LeRoy D. Sauer
Sauer was a member of the Florida Art Association and the Dayton Society of Etchers. His works are listed as being in the collections of the Library of Congress and the Dayton Art Institute. (Source: Greggie Fine Art website,
From Recomendation for Accession Form:
Dayton native, LeRoy Sauer was a nationally acclaimed printmaker best known for his American scene images of churches, roads, farmhouses, streams, animals, and various city buildings. Sauer began his training in art at the Cleveland School of Art. After serving in the United States Army in World War I, he was one of 150 Americans selected to attend the American Training Center in Paris. In 1919, following his four-month term of study in Paris, he returned to his hometown of Dayton, Ohio.
In 1921, Sauer formed the Dayton Society of Etchers where he presided as president until his death. He was also instrumental in organizing the "Ohio Print Makers" and worked for a time as a commercial art instructor at the Dayton Art Institute. In addition to his work as an arts administrator and an instructor, Sauer was also a consummate printmaker, winning many national awards. In 1939 the Florida Art Association named his linocut Wheatfield the finest black and white print of the year and was later purchased for the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. Sauer's prints have won many other awards and honors and have been exhibited in Los Angeles, Wichita, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and in the Contemporary Arts Building at the New York World's Fair.
The Dayton Art Institute currently owns eleven works by Sauer, including the award winning print Wheatfield. The acquisition of the print Swans, a work by a prominent Daytonian artist and former employee, is a welcome addition to our collection.
Tuliza Fleming, October 25, 2005
