Reuben Tam

[1][2] In 1941 he moved to New York City and he continued his studies from 1942 until 1945 at Columbia University with Meyer Schapiro.

[1] Tam is best known for his referential abstract landscape paintings showing both land and sea, such as From Cliffs to Evening.

[1] Some of his notable students from BMAS included Frances Kornbluth, Mel Tanner, Jean Arcoleo, Pat Adams, and Richard Mayhew.

[4][5] He spent many summers painting on Monhegan Island in Maine, starting around 1950.

[3] Tam returned to Kaua'i in 1980, and died there on January 3, 1991, of lymphoma.