- He is an artist.
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1993 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- He dabbled in many other genres, including choreography, set design, and performance art.
- He initially worked in drawing, but shifted to collage-type works that mixed everyday objects with formal painting or sculpture.
- He eventually attended the Kansas City Art Institute, and the Black Mountain College (North Carolina), where his fellow students included choreographer Merce Cunningham and musician John Cage. Later, Jasper Johns became a colleague and friend.
- Initially, he studied pharmacology, and started drawing after he was drafted to work as a hospital technician in the US Navy during WWII.
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