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Early Days:

   Philip Goldstein born in 1913 in Montreal, Canada, Guston moved with his family to Los Angeles as a child. Guston's Ukrainian-Jewish parents escaped persecution when they moved from Odessa, Ukraine. Guston and his family were aware of the regular Klan activities against Jews, blacks and others which took place across California during Guston's childhood. When Guston was 10 or 11, his father hanged himself in the shed, and the young Guston found the body. Guston began painting at the age of 14, and in 1927 he enrolled in the Los Angeles Manual Arts High School, where both he and Jackson Pollock studied under Frederick John de St. Vrain Schwankovsky and were introduced to Modern European art, oriental philosophy, theosophy and mystic literature.

Personal Details Name Philip Guston Place of Birth Montreal, Canada Date of Birth June 27, 1913 Date of Death June 7, 1980 (aged 66) Movement Abstract expressionism, Social realism, Figurative painting Nationality American Field Painting Influenced Neo-expressionism Influenced by American scene painting, Regionalism (art)

   Works Of Philip Guston