[1] He was educated at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Harvard College (B.A., 1959), Boston University College of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute (Pratt Graphic Art Center), and Indiana University (M.F.A., 1962).
From 1971 to his death he was artist-in-residence and chairman of the art department of St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York.
He was a great admirer of Annibale Carracci, and other trompe-l'œil 15th to 17th Century Italian painters.
He spoke of creating an American Academy of Art, and made an engraving of a painting by Philip Pearlstein as an homage.
Midgette died of a brain tumor at the age of 40 in Brooklyn, New York on Friday evening, April 21, 1978.