Edited sentence: " [16] Rappaport began to study and to work at the Art Students League in NYC as well., Mount Sinai Medical Center, Samalita's restaurant, and St.After the stroke, David learned how to paint with his left hand after losing control of his right.Currently, Rappaport’s work is exhibited and on loan at Columbia University Medical Center Eastside, Columbia Presbyterian Urology Dept.From September 2003 to June 2004, Rappaport's work was exhibited in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of Aging at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum.In 1997, Rappaport opened a studio after he said he "wound up taking over half the house with my paintings.In 2002, the exhibit David Rappaport: A Master of Hues and Tones opened at The Taller Boricua Gallery on Lexington Avenue.Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital.My wife recommended – with a little pressure – that I rent a studio.One of Rappaport's paintings was also featured in the book The Art of Aging, which was published upon the launch of the gallery showing by the UJA.Rappaport was in his studio when Tom Kalenderian, then Executive Vice President of Barneys, visited to shop his neckwear line and suggested the showing.Sixteen of his paintings were displayed in front of the menswear collection.So I did.The collection showcased over eighty pieces of work that David had completed, including work he had done after suffering a stroke in 2000.The paintings were then exhibited at the other Barneys locations.This show featured the prolific work Rappaport had done from 1989-2002