orig. Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg
born Aug. 17, 1923, New York, N.Y., U.S.
died Aug. 14, 2002, Southampton, N.Y.
U.S. painter associated with Abstract Expressionism and Pop art .
He studied at the Juilliard School in New York City and was a professional jazz saxophonist before turning to painting and studying with Hans Hofmann . His early works are characterized by frequent use of complex, fragmentary, and multiple views; perhaps the best-known is the harshly realistic Double Portrait of Berdie (1955). From the 1960s he introduced commercial images into his work, as well as elements of collage, construction, and sculpture; an elaborate example of his mixed-media works is The History of the Russian Revolution (1965).