Twombly’s father, also nicknamed “Cy”, pitched for the Chicago White Sox; father and son were both nicknamed after the baseball great Cy Young. Twombly graduates from Lexington High School in Virginia in 1946.
1947–1949 · Formation
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1950–1951 · Formation
Art Students League of New York
1950–1951
Meets Robert Rauschenberg
On a tuition scholarship at the Art Students League of New York, Twombly meets Robert Rauschenberg, with whom he is briefly romantically involved. Rauschenberg encourages him to attend Black Mountain College.
