About
Remembered for his acclaimed pastel and oil paintings, this twentieth-century Abstract Expressionist artist created such pieces as Moon Night Subiaco, Italian Moon, and Piazza San Marco. His work was exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and several other renowned galleries.
Before Fame
In 1934, he graduated from Yale University with a degree in English. He went on to study painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and with artist Henry Hensche.
Trivia
His experience of working for the American Field Service during World War II and, especially, of being present at the liberation of the Bergen Belsen concentration camp inspired his artwork.
Family Life
Born in Rhode Island, he later moved to New York City and afterwards settled in Europe. He died in Milan, Italy, on his eighty-sixth birthday.
Associated With
His cousin, Isabella Stewart Gardner, was a wealthy arts patron and the wife of American poet Allen Tate.
