Maurice Sapiro

A native of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Sapiro is a painter, draftsman, photographer, and a musician. He built his first darkroom aged thirteen, displaying in the effort a talent for mechanics and design that would inform his development as an artist. In addition to his talent as an artist, Sapiro found his first career in music. He graduated from the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, New York, and recorded for Mercury Records while playing trumpet in the Eastman Wind Ensemble. From 1955-57, Sapiro toured Europe on a goodwill mission with the 279th Army Band stationed in Poitiers, France. He taught music at North Haven High School, Connecticut, from 1958-96, where he also met his wife, Sally. Sapiro lives and works in North Haven, Connecticut. "Still Water, Sunrise Reflected" was exhibited in Sapiro's one-man show at the Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, in 2000.