For decades he made his art in dingy Manhattan hotel rooms, living hand-to-mouth, hoping for his big break. It finally arrived, just a few years before his death.
Source: New York Times
Frederick Weston, Outsider Artist Who Was Finally Let In, Dies at 73
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