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Alan Gussow
Alan Gussow (May 8, 1931 – May 5, 1997) was an American artist, teacher, author and conservationist devoted to and inspired by the natural environment. ==Life and education== Gussow was born May 8, 1931 in New York City but grew up in Rockville Centre, NY.〔Cotter, Holland. "Alan Gussow, 65; Painted and Protected Nature." ''New York Times''. 7 May 1997. Print.〕 He took art classes at the Pratt Institute before graduating from Middlebury College in 1952 with a degree in Literature. The following year, while studying painting at Cooper Union,〔Gray, Lyle. ''Alan Gussow—An Overview''. New York: Babcock Galleries. 2006.〕 he was awarded the Prix de Rome. Only 21 years old, he was the youngest ever to have won the award at that time.〔 By the time he left New York to study at the American Academy in Rome from 1953 to 1955,〔 Gussow had learned printmaking from Stanley William Hayter, and was already heavily influenced by Paul Klee, Arshile Gorky, and Stuart Davis.〔Sawin, Martica. ''Alan Gussow: A Painter's Nature''. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2009.〕 In 1956, Gussow married Joan Dye, who was then a ''Time'' magazine researcher〔 and later a nutritionist and chair of the nutrition department at Columbia Teacher's College.〔 Together, they made a home with their sons in the Hudson River Valley,〔 where they eventually became avid organic gardeners, incorporating into their home garden a method of biodynamic double digging championed by Alan Chadwick.〔 Balancing his passion for art with teaching jobs, writing, and endeavors to save the environment, Gussow made yearly painting trips to Monhegan Island, ME and kept a studio in his New York home.〔 He died from cancer May 5, 1997 in Piermont, NY.〔
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