He was one of the New York School abstract expressionists who, together with his contemporaries, invented American modern art, and contributed to moving the American zeitgeist towards modernism in the 20th century.
他曾是纽约抽象表现主义画家 的一员， 他和他的同龄人一起， 创造了美国现代艺术， 并且为在20世纪把美国的时代思潮 推向现代主义做出了贡献。