Although these are mainly figurative and narrative works, there is great diversity of media, content, and technique. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering at Yale in 1942. He founded the Persis Corporation, a Honolulu-based investment company, and is now its chair and chief executive officer. In addition to his active involvement in the Yale Art Gallery, Mr. Twigg-Smith is a trustee of several other arts institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts. The Yale University Art Gallery is located at the corner of College and York streets.
Admission is free.
A museum entrance for persons using wheelchairs is located at 201 York St.