Spheres of AbEx - Heather James Fine Art

MILTON RESNICK (1917-2004) was born in Russia, and arrived in NewYork City in 1922 at age five. At age 14, he enrolled in the American ArtistsSchool in New York and with classmate Ad Reinhardt, the two shared abudding interest in abstraction. In 1948, Resnick returned to New York,enrolling in Hans Hofmann’s school. He also took a studio on East 8thStreet, near Jackson Pollock, de Kooning, and Franz Kline. During the1950s and 1960s, Resnick became noted for his paintings after exhibitingin the famous “Ninth Street Show” and was included in all five of theStable Gallery annuals. Additionally, Resnick was a founding member ofthe Club, the Abstract Expressionist forum.