The Roots of a New York Painter Born in 1914 in New York, United States, Fred Adler was shaped by a lineage of creative endeavor. He was the son of Joseph Adler, a Russian immigrant who found his own calling as a dressmaker and eventually an artist. This early exposure to craft and form likely informed the young man's own path. He sought formal training with a quiet determination, spending two years at the National Academy of Design be…