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\u201cWhen I draw, I often feel that not everything I see with the naked eye may be quite right for a particular drawing. In the same way, if I know the life of the character I am doing, I can use my inventiveness to eliminate or supplement an element of the character, and so create a spontaneity every night, every performance.\u201d –<\/span><\/i> From<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u201cZero by Mostel\u201d, Zero Mostel with photographs by Max Waldman, Horizon Press, New York 1965.<\/span><\/p>\n Born in Brooklyn, Mostel is remembered by many as a world famous actor who originated the Broadway leads in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum<\/em> and Fiddler on the Roof<\/em>, but he was also a devoted painter. In fact, he once said that acting supported his painting career. Primarily self taught as an artist, he worked for the WPA<\/strong><\/a> as a gallery lecturer and painting and drawing instructor before he began acting. During the McCarthy era, Mostel was blacklisted after refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee. He could not get acting jobs because of this, and he spent much of his time painting in his 28th Street studio in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n Herbert Kallem<\/strong><\/a> brought Mostel to Monhegan in the early 1950s , and by 1968 Mostel had built a house and studio<\/strong><\/a> on the south side of the island. Mostel was a key member of the island art community. With Herb Kallem, he began a sketching group that met regularly during the summer, and he commissioned work from many artists. He spent summers on the island until his untimely death in 1977, when he had a heart attack just moments before he was due to open a new play called The Merchant.<\/em> Mostel\u2019s paintings have been exhibited in New York at the ACA Galleries, the Forum Gallery, and Frank Bustamante Gallery. 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