George McNeil was born on February 22,1908 in New York City. He studied
at the Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Hans Hoffmann
School of Fine Arts and Columbia University. In 1935 he joined the
Federal Art Project of the WPA and in 1936 he helped form the American
Abstract Artists. He was known for his vibrant colors and energetic
compositions.
McNeil grew up in the East New York section of
Brooklyn in a working-class family of Irish descent that neither
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