movement death_date death_place birth_place training nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
abstract expressionism 2004 new york , new york hurley , new mexico university of utah new york university american painting art dealer 1914 carl ashby
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carl ashby

carl ashby -lrb- 1914 -- 2004 -rrb- was an american abstract expressionist artist who lived and worked in new york city .
ashby was born in hurley , new mexico on march 2 , 1914 .
he worked as an artist for the civilian conservation corps before attending the university of utah , where he graduated with a degree in fine arts in 1937 .
he relocated to new york city shortly thereafter , and married artist estelle grey in 1938 .
ashby earned a master in arts degree from new york university in 1959 .
he taught at the parsons division of the new school at nyu for 25 years beginning in 1970 .
during his career , ashby studied with artists hans hofmann , george grosz , and morris kantor .
his works and papers are included in the permanent collections of the smithsonian archives of american art , the provincetown art association and museum , and the hood museum at dartmouth college .
