Al Held

Born Alvin Jacob Held in Brooklyn in 1928, Al Held's artistic journey was one of constant evolution and a relentless pursuit of new visual challenges. After serving in the Navy, he found his passion for art, initially studying at the Art Students League of New York. In the early 1950s, he immersed himself in the avant-garde scene in Paris, studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and deciding that realism was not for him. Returning to New York in 1953, Held was deeply…