Miles Forst (1923-2006) was a student of Hans Hoffman at the Art Students League in the 1950's. He was in the vanguard of young painters who achieved fame as the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. He taught at U.C. Davis, and at Otis Art Institute in California, later returning to Manhattan to teach at the School of Visual Arts. Born in Brooklyn, he was the son of Lillian Gordon and Max Forst. He had a zest for French and Chinese cuisine, world literature, especially James Joyce, art in its countless forms, and jazz.
