▁" action " ▁sculpt or , ▁inf using ▁energy ▁and ▁life ▁into ▁each ▁piece , ▁mainly ▁in ▁cl ay , ▁from ▁an ▁early ▁age . ▁He ▁served ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁and ▁afterwards , ▁joined ▁a ▁student ▁body ▁at ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁the ▁Art ▁Institute ▁of ▁Chicago ▁composed ▁largely ▁of ▁G . I . ▁Bill ▁v ets , ▁including ▁his ▁one - time ▁flat mate ▁Leon ▁Gol ub , ▁George ▁C ohen , ▁The odore ▁H alk in ▁and ▁Se ym our ▁Ros of sky . ▁Later ▁grouped ▁as ▁the ▁" Mon ster ▁R oster ," ▁they ▁created ▁expression ist , ▁sur real ▁figur ative ▁work ▁that ▁often ▁reflected ▁the ▁horror s ▁of ▁war , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁un cert aint ies ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War ▁and ▁N uc lear ▁age . ▁In ▁later ▁years , ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁regarded ▁as ▁for er unn ers ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁widely ▁known ▁Chicago ▁Im ag ists . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁after ▁gradu ating , ▁Camp oli , ▁John ▁K ear ney ▁and ▁Gol ub ▁co - f ounded ▁Contempor ary ▁Art ▁Work shop , ▁a ▁collabor ative ▁exhibition ▁space ▁on ▁Chicago ' s ▁R ush ▁Street ▁that ▁n urt ured ▁young ▁talent . ▁Descri bed ▁as ▁" univers ally ▁ad ored ," ▁Camp oli ▁was ▁remembered ▁by ▁H alk in ▁as ▁" a ▁very ▁special ▁kind ▁of ▁person , ▁full ▁of ▁energy ▁and ▁intu ition ▁and ▁insight . ▁I ▁think ▁I ▁was ▁je alous ▁of ▁his ▁continuous ▁flow