Aaron Shikler

Portrait painter Aaron Shikler was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1922. He studied at the Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. He also studied at the American University, Shrivenham, England, and the Hans Hoffman School, New York City. Shikler became an Associate of the National Academy of Design, New York City, in 1962, an Academician in 1965