Timeline

1936

Born in Malden, MA

1950 - 1954

Studied Painting under Patrick Morgan, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

1954 - 1958

Studied History and Art History under Stephen Greene and William Seitz, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

1958

Moved to New York, NY

1967

First Prize, International Biennial Exhibition of Paintings, Tokyo, Japan

1979

Awarded the Claude M. Fuess Distinguished Service Award, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

1981

New York City Mayor’s Award for Arts and Culture, New York, NY

Medal for Painting, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Honorary Fellowship, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel

1983

Appointed the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1984

Honorary Doctor of Arts, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

1985

Award of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Honorary Degree, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

1986

Honorary Degree, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1989

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Government

1992

Awarded the Barnard Medal of Distinction

1998

Gold Medal for Graphic Art Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

2001

Gold Medal of the National Arts Club, New York, NY

2010

Received the 2009 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama at an East Room ceremony at the White House on February 25, 2010

Lives and works in New York, NY