Timeline

1927

Takes his first art classes, from the sculptor Onorio Ruotolo, director of a private art school.

1930

Attends classes at the Cooper Union.

1931 - 1934

Does occasional illustrations and covers for newspapers and periodicals.

1931

Establishes his own studio, in Greenwich Village.

1935 - 1938

Joins WPA (Works Progress Administration), first as a teacher and then creating paintings for the Federal Art Project, Easel and Mural Divisions.

1949

Participates in the founding of the Artists’ Club. Active in the organization of the Ninth Street Show.

1953

Organizes the Second Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture (successor to the original Ninth Street Show) at the Stable Gallery.

1954 - 1955

Visiting critic, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1954

Receives the Logan Medal, First Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago, for his picture, Seated Figure, 1953–54, which is acquired by the museum.

1958

Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

1959 - 1960

Visiting critic, Yale University.

1959

Receives Ford Foundation Grant.

1960

Honorable mention, Bienal de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Detroit Institute of Arts Purchase Prize.

1963

Kohnstamm Award, The Art Institute of Chicago.

1965 - 1967

Artists-in-residence and faculty member, The New College Fine Arts Institute, Sarasota, Florida

1976

Member, the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

1998

Career retrospective at the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Italy.

2000

Dies August 29 in Parma, Italy.