In 1950 actor Edward G. Robinson, his wife Gladys Lloydand Robison (art collector and a painter) and Sir Anson Goodyear (one of the founders of the Museum of Modern Art in New York) were invited by their friend and politician Thami El Glaoui to Marrakesh. During their short trip to Morocco, they had the pleasure to meet with Hassan and seeing some of his work. Impressed by the talent of the young artist, they convinced the Pacha to let him present in Paris and New York in 1951 for the first time alongside Gladys Lloydand Robison's paintings.