Milton Avery was born in Bloomington, Illinois and died in New York City in 1969. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League, and later worked as a designer for the Federal Art Project. In 1943, Avery was an instructor at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. From 1944 to 1946 he taught at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco
In 1948, Avery joined with other artists including David Park and Jack Youngerman to form the Studio Museum in Harlem, a modernist collective that sought to make art available to all sections of society. The Studio Museum closed in 1960, but it is still active.
The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.Milton Avery
Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms.Milton Avery
