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[–] someguyfromcanada [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Robert De Niro Sr. (1922 – 1993) was an American abstract expressionist painter and the father of actor Robert De Niro.

As a 20 year old art school student, he met fellow student Virginia Admiral, whom he married in 1942. The couple moved into a large loft in Greenwich Village and were surrounded with an illustrious circle of friends, including writers Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller, playwright Tennessee Williams and dancer Valeska Gert. Admiral and De Niro separated shortly after their son Robert De Niro Jr. was born in August 1943.

De Niro went on to have group and solo shows at galleries such as the Guggenheim, Whitney, Albright-Knox, the Met and the Smithsonian along side artists such as de Kooning, Pollack, Rothko, Motherwell and Still.

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