La sua prima scuola a New York apre nel 1933, seguita nel 1934 dalla Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts; nel 1935 fonda una scuola estiva a Provincetown, nel Massachusetts. ###>His first school in New York opened in 1933 and was succeeded in 1934 by the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. also in New York; in 1935 he established a summer school in Provincetown, Massachusetts.