Our Mission
The mission of the Leonian Charitable Trust is to promote the photographic work of Phillip Leonian and to preserve the legacies of Phillip and Edith Leonian.
To accomplish these goals, the Trust places photographs by Phillip Leonian in the collections of deserving institutions, manages all copyright and permission requests for the use of Phillip Leonian’s images, produces publications and exhibitions related to Phillip Leonian’s work, and supports projects and organizations that represent the lifelong interests of the Leonians.
If you are a museum director or curator interested in acquiring photographs by Phillip Leonian for your institution’s collection, please contact us to arrange a print viewing.
If you are interested in licensing a photo by Phillip Leonian, please contact us with a detailed description of your request.
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The Leonian Archive
As part of our mission, the Leonian Charitable Trust organized and catalogued the Phillip and Edith Leonian Archive, which contains vintage darkroom prints, negatives, slides, large format transparencies, posters, manipulated photographs, digital prints, career documentation, advertising proofs and samples, notebooks, correspondence, the “Cherry Bomb” camera (designed by Phil Leonian), bill files from Leonian’s commercial work in the 1960s through 1980s, family snapshots, biographical information, and other ephemera.
We are very pleased that the entire Leonian Archive is now permanently housed at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, where we have also endowed a Leonian Graduate Internship. The archive is accessible to the public, open to writers, curators, students, and researchers of all kinds.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
The University of Texas at Austin
2300 Red River St, Austin, TX 78712
Our Support
The Leonian Charitable Trust currently supports, or has recently supported, the following organizations:
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Houston Museum of Fine Art
Bronx Documentary Center
Briscoe Center for American History
Past support has included grants to:
Art Institute of Chicago
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Black Dimensions in Art
We are not currently accepting applications for funding.
For funding requests related to photography, please visit the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.
Museum Acquisitions
Phillip Leonian’s photographs are in the collections of:
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
Gruber Collection, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY
Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
New York Public Library, New York, NY
New York Transit Museum, New York, NY
Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Poster House, New York, NY