David Park was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1911, and moved out to California after his failure to graduate from high school caused embarrassment to his father. At his aunt’s urging, Park attended the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1928-1929. Park found work with the Federal Arts Project, and by 1935 was gaining recognition as an artist. Park’s work was a constant evolution of styles, ranging in chronological order from, genre Scenes, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, and richly expressive Figurative works for which he is best remembered.