Editing Adolph Gottlieb (section)

==Early life and education==
Gottlieb, one of the "first generation" of [[Abstract Expressionists]],<ref name="Chilvers, Ian 2009. pp. 282-283"/> was born in New York City in 1903 to Jewish parents. From 1920 to 1921 he studied at the [[Art Students League of New York]], after which, having determined to become an artist he left high school at the age of 17 and worked his passage to Europe on a [[merchant ship]]. He traveled in France and Germany for a year.<ref name="Chilvers, Ian 2009. pp. 282-283"/> He lived in Paris for six months during which time he visited the [[Louvre Museum]] every day and audited classes at the [[Académie de la Grande Chaumière]]. He spent the next year traveling in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and other parts of Central Europe, visiting museums and art galleries. When he returned, he was one of the most traveled New York Artists. After his return to New York, he studied at the [[Art Students League]] of New York, [[Parsons School of Design]], [[Cooper Union]] and [[The Educational Alliance|Educational Alliance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/bio/?artist_name=Adolph%20Gottlieb&page=1&f=Name&cr=120|title=Collection Online|work=guggenheim.org|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T033785?rskey=202lFv&result=6 |title=Grove Art Online |access-date=2016-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028024003/http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T033785?rskey=202lFv&result=6 |archive-date=2016-10-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>