He studied at the National Academy of Design for several years. He won first prize for landscape painting in the 1939 Tiffany Exhibition of Fine Art which was held annually prior to World War II.
From 1939 to 1940, he was a member of the research staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured on art at the New York 1939 World's Fair. From 1941 to 1946, he served in the US Army. The item "LISTED ARTIST LEON WALL MID CENTURY ABSTRACT MIXED MEDIA PAINTING" is in sale since Monday, November 02, 2009. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "mdeur29" and is located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.This item can be shipped worldwide.