1933 Born in New York city on May 6

1949 Art High School, New York city

1949-50 Studies at Art Students League - Harry Sternberg, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Reginald Marsh, John Sloan, Ben Shahn

1950-51 Cooper Union (art school) New York City - studies with Sidney Delevante

1952-56 City college of New York, New York City - studies with Bernard Meyers, Simon Lissim, Hans Jelenik
Awarded Rockefeller Study Grant, Stearns Prize and graduate teaching assistantship BSED and MFA degrees.

1956-57 Fullbright grant in Painting to Florence, Italy
Group shows, Uffizi Loggia and Galleria Schneider in Rome
Meets Louis Finklestein, Lee Bontecou, Wolf Kahn, Emily Mason, Howard Konowitz, Jules Kirschenbaum

1957-58 Post graduate studies at New Yourk University,
Washington Square, New York City met and was guided by Howard Conant and Esteban Vincent

1959-73 Working many one person and invitational exhibits. His work is aquired by many collectors, private and public and is reproduced on hundreds of record and book covers - Vanguard Records, Harper & Row, Artia Records, Music Corporation of America, Grover Press. His images promote many events in New York City including: Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Electric Circus and many other political and cultural presentations. His work for television appeared on the ABC National Network, NBC and WABD. Designs for the first network poster images for the public broadcasting FM station in New York.

1968, 1969 Returns on visits to Italy

1969 First exhibit in Italy in Orvieto

1970 Purchases house in Pian di Sco', province of Arezzo, Italy

1973 In June moves to Italy

1973-74 Organizes summer art classes in Pian di Sco'

1975 One of the founders of Studio Art Centers International. Appointed resident director.

1975-Present Divides his time between his studios in Florence and Pian di Sco' Travels widely, exhibiting frequently throughout Europe.

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Invitation & Award Exhibitions

1954 Museum of Modern Art, New York City "Printmakers under 40"
1954 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
1955 National Academy of Art, New York City
1955 The Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1985 "La Resistenza - 40 Years After", Riva del Garda, Italy
1988 "La Generazione di Mezzo", one of six artists, 1st edition of the Art Festival held in Castelalto, Teramo, Abruzzo.
1986 "Festa della Primavera 86" , Spoleto, Italy
1989 "Ca Ira", National Travelling Show on the French Revolution, Italy
1989 Palazzo Netti, "Orvieto invites seven contemporary artists" exhibited together with Italian moern masters from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Verona, Italy
1989 "Americans Abroad" 15 American artists including: A. Calder, Man Ray, David Smith, Cy Twombly, R.J. Kitaj, Niki St. Phalle and Sam Francis, London England
1990 "Paths of Peace" National Invitation Exhibit, Rozzano, Italy
1991 "Self Portraits with Family" National Exhibit of major artists, Ciovasso Gallery, Milano, Italy
1992 "Il Grande Evento" travelling show on the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America
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Critical Bibliography
Carlyle Burroughs, Domenico Cara, Paul Caso, Franca Calzavacca, mario De Micheli, Enzo Di Martino, Oriole Farb, Mario Ferrara, Emily Genauer, Sandra Giannatassio, Grace Gleuck, Grazia lago, Lino Larrari, Bernard Meyers, Dario Micacchi, Dino Pasquali, Mario Pezzotta, Giannin Pozzi, Gieorgio Saveso, Duccio Travaglia, Lara Vinca Masini
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One Person Exhibits
1954 City Center Gallery, New York City
1956 Roko Gallery, New York City, USA
1958 Angelewski Gallery, New York City, USA
1960 West Hampton Art Gallery, Long Island, New York City, USA
1962 Brassner Gallery, New York City, USA
1963 Capricorn Art Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1965 Collectors Gallery, Manhasset, New York, USA
1965 Chelsea Art Gallery, New York City, USA
1966 Stover Mill Art Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA
1967 Associated Artists Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1968 Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1969 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1970 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1970 Galleria Margherita, Rome, Italy
1972 Chelsea gallery, New York City, USA
1973 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1974 Gallery d'Arte "Lo Scalino", Peschici, Italy
1974 The Abbey of San Zeno, Museum of Contemporary Art, Pisa, Italy
1975 Galleria Ciovasso, Milano, Italy
1975 Galleria Helio Art, Rome, Italy
1975 Galleria Remi, Arezzo, Italy
1976 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1976 Galleria Italsider, Genova, Italy
1976 Galleria d'Arte Machi, Pisa, Italy
1976 Koppel Gallerie, Munich, Germany
1976 Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
1977 Venezia Viva, Galleria d'Arte, Venice, Italy
1977 New Gallery, Catania, Italy
1977 Galleria Tasso, Bergamo, Italy
1978 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1978 Gallerie C.C. Paul, Munich, Germany
1978 Galleria B.D.A., Terni Italy
1978 Galleria Morabito, Reggio Calabria, Italy
1979 Galleria D'Arte "Volta dei Peruzzi", Florence, Italy
1979 Galleria d'Arte "Gino Severini", Cortona, Italy
1979 Galleria Segno Grafico, Venice, Italy
1979 Sala de Arte Valentii, San Pedro de Ribas, Barcelona, Spain
1979 Rosa Bisbe Art/Disseny, Barcelona, Spain
1979 Galleria Denario, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1980 Palazzino "Liberty" di Luca Alinari, Florence Italy
1980 Galleria Tom Maddock, Barcelona, Spain
1980 Galleria "Il Grifo", Rome, Italy
1980 Gallerie Karstadt, Cologne, Germany
1981 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1981 Gertrude Van Dyck Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1981 Riggs Gallery, San Diego, California, USA
1981 Galerie de Olivaar, Uithoorn, Holland
1981 Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
1982 Taras Gallery, Hilersum, Holland
1982 Galleria Tasso, Bergamo, Italy
1982 Galleria d'Arte "Al Duomo", Orvieto, Italy
1982 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1983 Huis Hellemans Art Center, Antwerp, Belgium
1983 Ken's Gallery, Florence, Italy
1984 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1985 Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
1986 Galleria d'Arte Canci, Lerici, Italy
1986 Galleria d'Arte Ciovasso, Milano, Italy
1988 Galleria Maitani, Orvieto, Italy
1990 Galleria Ciovasso, Milano, Italy
1991 J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Ltdl, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1992 Ergy Gallery, Milano, Italy
1993 "Twenty Years in Italy" (Anthological Exhibition) Casa Masaccio and Palazzo Arnolfo, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy

The following are all one person exhibitions made since the end of 1996

"Opere Recenti" 1992-1997
22 March- 25 April, 1997 Palazzo de Sette, Orvieto Italy
patronage of the City of Orvieto and The Embassy of The United States of America in Rome, 80 paintings

"Opere Recenti" 1992-1997
May 15- June 30, 1997 Pinocateca Citta di Fabriano (Civic Museum), Italy
patronage of the City of Fabriano and The Embassy of The United States
of America in Rome.

"New Works, Paintings on Wood"
November 1997 Galleria Ghelfi, Piazza del'Erbe, Verona, Italy

" Anthology of Recent Work"
April-May 1998 Arvore Center for Visual Arts, Porto, Portugal.

Galeria Gilde,
April-May 1998, Gimaraes, Portugal

Galleria, Il Salotto,
August 1998 patronage City of Marciano, Elba

*"Award exhibition and acquisition"
August 1998
City of Serra di San Quirico, Museum of Modern Art, Italy
*this is an award show, not a one person as are all the others

"Anthological Exhibit, selected works"
September 1998 Galleria Foyer degli Artisti, Florence Italy

"Galeria Quattro recent work"
November 1998 Leiria, Portugal

Galeria do Centro Cultural/ Fundacao D. Luis 1
recent work, September 1999, Cascais Portugal

Galeria Quattro / Alacantra Estudios
recent work, October, 1999, Lisbon, Portugal

Galeria Esteta
"Visual Coersion", October 1999, Porto, Portugal

Galerie Die Olivaar
Works on Paper November 1999, Uithoorn, Holland

Galeria Quattro / Museum of the city of Leira
"Looking Back" an anthological show of the last 5 years
January 2000 Leiria, Portugal

Stamperia La Bezuga
Terra/Carta an exhibit of ceramics integrated with drawn
Surfaces, May, 2000, Florence, Italy

Galeria Esteta
19 new paintings!, October 2001, Porto, Portugal

Galleria Ciovasso
"cercando" March 2002, Milano, Italy

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