Ivan Albright: A Master of Illusion and Decay Born in North Harvey, Illinois, on February 20, 1897, Ivan Le Lorraine Albright was a uniquely American painter whose career spanned nearly six decades. He’s often described as defying easy categorization, yet his work consistently reveals a meticulous realism combined with startling color contrasts—a style that has led art historians to associate him with the emerging movement of magic re…