Later he studied at the Art Students League of New York (1946–1950) and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris (1950–1951), returning to New York to study at the Hans Hofmann School in 1952.
Later, in 1942 in World War II, he was drafted into the 82nd Airborne Division, landing by glider in crucial battles.
A foot soldier later promoted to sergeant, he served in the Battle of the Bulge and the invasions of the Netherlands and Normandy; later in 1945 he participated in the liberation of a concentration camp.
According to the critic from Art in America magazine,[1] after 1973, his paintings gradually moved toward American Figurative Expressionism.
I feel I’ve made considerable progress in the last 25 years.”[4] Julius Hatofsky died on January 1, 2006, in Vallejo, California.