His works hang in the collections of the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Yale Art Gallery and New Britain Museum of Art.
Created over 700 paintings and 6,000 scratch boards.
Graduated from Yale University with a BFA in 1949 and an MFA in 1950.
Raised in Seagate, Brooklyn.
Listed as one of the 2000 Outstanding Artists & Designers of the 20th Century.
Founding member of the Westport (Connecticut) Arts Center.
Illustrated 250 books for young readers.
Served in the United States Army during World War II (1942-1946) where he was a topographical mapmaker. He planned, edited and produced maps for campaigns in Italy, France, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the aborted invasion and occupation of Japan.