Raymond Hendler (1923 – 1998) studied in his native Philadelphia, at the Graphic Sketch Club, the Philadelphia College of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, and the Tyler School of Art (Temple University). In 1949, he traveled to Paris, where he continued his training at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, on the G.I. Bill. In Paris, he exhibited at the Musée d'Art Moderne and was a founding member of Galerie Huit, the first American cooperative gallery in Europe. Other noted members included Sam Francis, Sidney Geist, Al Held, and Jules Olitski. Returning to New York in 1951, Hendler became part of the exploding Greenwich Village art scene. He was a voting member of the New York Artist's Club from 1951 until its end in 1957. He met the leading figures in the New York School, including Pollock, de Kooning, Philip Guston, Franz Kline and the critic Harold Rosenberg. With Kline, he established a lifelong friendship that significantly informed his work. Over this same period, Hendler also was active in Philadelphia. At the Hendler Galleries (1952-1954), he exhibited the work of de Kooning, Kline, Pollock, and Jack Tworkov. He also introduced to America work made by friends in Paris, notably Francis, and Milton Resnick. During his forty-year teaching career, Hendler taught at the University of Minnesota; the Contemporary School of Art, Brooklyn; Parsons School of Design, New York; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; School of Visual Art, New York; and Minneapolis College of Art. Hendler’s work can be found in numerous public and private collections in America and abroad. He is included in an important survey compiled in 2000 by Marika Herskovic, The New York School Abstract Expressionists: Artists Choice by Artists. In a review of Hendler’s 2014 show at the Quogue Gallery James Croak wrote, “Hendler is belatedly taking his proper place in the pantheon of those with whom he pioneered a major chapter in modern art.” The Hendler exhibition was named one of the “Top Hamptons Show from 2014” by Hamptons Art Hub.