Born 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Keene enlisted in the army in 1941, serving in the Air Corp in several bases, including Tuskegee. Died in 2009. He received his BFA in 1947 and MFA in 1948 from the Tyler School of Fine Art, Philadelphia. He studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, becoming a part of Gallery 8, and exhibited with Picasso and Leger at the Salon de Mai. 1952 & 54 Whitney Fel