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His father was executed in Russia in a pogrom, and his mother brought him out to New York as a child. She answered an ad to be married and the husband turned out to be a nightmare stepfather who abused him mentally and physically. He was told that he was an idiot and retarded and he believed he was. he never spoke. The only thing that kept him going was the fantasy of killing the stepfather when he was older. He grew up and joined the army, to get the power for the murder. But when he thought he had enough power, he couldn’t go through with it, and felt pity for the stepfather instead; and he even took his name, even though he hated it.
He came out of the Army and started being an artist. But he was too socially inept to get into the art world. he lived in a little room that had rats. He was starving. He thought he was going mad. He was suicidal. Then his luck changed. Because of something to do with the G.I. Bill he was able to get a job at an art school as a teacher. He found he could talk. He had a salary. No one thought he was retarded. He kept expecting them to notice but they never did. After a while, he even got in to the art world. ... Because of his shyness he pretended his paintings were by somebody else. He said he was only the agent. It was a complicated story but in the end he got a show and after a while he stopped pretending to not be the author of his own work, and he met Greenberg, and that was the beginning of the rise.
Gotta Catch The Bus.
He came out of the Army and started being an artist. But he was too socially inept to get into the art world. he lived in a little room that had rats. He was starving. He thought he was going mad. He was suicidal. Then his luck changed. Because of something to do with the G.I. Bill he was able to get a job at an art school as a teacher. He found he could talk. He had a salary. No one thought he was retarded. He kept expecting them to notice but they never did. After a while, he even got in to the art world. ... Because of his shyness he pretended his paintings were by somebody else. He said he was only the agent. It was a complicated story but in the end he got a show and after a while he stopped pretending to not be the author of his own work, and he met Greenberg, and that was the beginning of the rise.
Gotta Catch The Bus.