Raymond Spillenger

Raymond Spillenger was a student for the Summer Art Institute of 1948. He was a well known abstract expressionist associated with the New York School.

Before BMC he attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, 1938-1942 and Pratt Institute, Feb. 1942-Feb. 1943, and Feb 1946-May 1948 where he got a Certificate in Advertising Design.

In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and flew a C-47 transport plane over “The Hump” (the Eastern Himalayas) in Burma, China and India, an extremely dangerous assignment, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and other honors after serving there for three years. He attended BMC on the GI Bill.

There are many resources online that share more of his life and career in the arts. His obituary on Legacy.com shares a detailed biography, as did the New York Times at his passing.