Hofmann's teaching on Abstract Expressionism and Cubist formalism had a strong influence on De Niro's development as a mature artist.Īt Hofmann's summer school, he met fellow student Virginia Admiral, whom he married in 1942. De Niro studied with Hans Hofmann at his Provincetown, Massachusetts, summer school. While Albers' highly analytical approach to painting did not appeal to De Niro's more instinctive style, the experience and international perspective of the Bauhaus master nonetheless left a lasting impression. De Niro studied at Black Mountain College under Josef Albers from 1939 to 1940. Robert was the eldest of three children he and siblings John and Joan were raised in Syracuse. ĭe Niro's Italian-American father, Henry Martin De Niro (1897–1976), was born to parents who emigrated from Ferrazzano in 1887, Angelina Mercurio and Giovanni Di Niro. There was previous confusion about Dennis' maternity, his mother previously thought to be Edward's second wife Margaret. Burns (born to John and Mary Burns) and her father was Dennis Francis O'Reilly, born to Dundrum's Ellen Hall, the second wife of Edward O'Reilly. was born in Syracuse, New York, to an Irish-American mother, Helen M.
A jab at Texas’ banned booksĭe Niro took a moment to recognize the many other resources available at the Ransom Center, including over 35 million manuscripts, 5 million photographs and almost 1 million books - “many of which I guess have been banned in this state,” De Niro said.Robert De Niro Sr.
“I imagine my papers talking to their papers, or trying to anyway, and their papers asking my papers, ‘What the hell are you doing here?’” De Niro said. A nod to the modesty Meryl mentionedĭe Niro said he is “flattered just to be in the neighborhood” of the Ransom Center - a neighborhood that includes works from Frida Kahlo, Stella Adler, T.S Eliot, Harry Houdini, Pablo Picasso and more. At first, I hadn’t considered that there might be a greater interest.” More than De Niro’s storyĭe Niro said his scripts, costumes and other artifacts are not only his, but part of the stories belonging to countless directors, actors, producers, writers, prop masters, costumers and crew members, including Streep, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Pfeiffer and Quentin Tarantino. I thought that maybe someday my family would get something out of all that crap. “And maybe it was those feelings of connecting to our past through something tangible that motivated me as I saved every script, costume, prop, award, correspondence, calendar and notes. “It seems more real when they can walk into the studio and see where he worked and get a sense of his process and his spirit,” De Niro said.
De Niro wanted his family to have keepsakes connected to their heritage, but he then realized his collection could go beyond his family and help others thanks to the Ransom Center. If he hadn’t started handing his collection over to the Ransom Center in 2006, De Niro said he would’ve ended up on an episode of “Hoarders.” He believes he took a cue from his father in collecting tangible memories of the past - his father’s art studio remains just as it was when his father used it, including dry cleaning still hanging in the closet.
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