[T1S1] father's produce business; parents' birth in Russia and immigration to the Pittsburgh, PA; early life in the Hill District of the city; family's move to the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh; education, Roosevelt School, Taylor Allderdice High School; his artistic education at the Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Mellon University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh; views about Pittsburgh as a place for artists; names of instructors in art; board member, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; marriage and birth of two sons; influences in his life; painting water colors in North Africa as a member of 84 Engineer Camouflage Battalion; his career as a teacher of art; changes at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; a list of his works displayed throughout the city of Pittsburgh; his sculptures; discussion of his artistic style and his career as an artist; further discussion of his teaching career.
