▁named ▁Mand el ▁H . ▁F isch ▁( b . ▁ 1 9 2 6 ); ▁they ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 . ▁A yl on ▁moved ▁immediately ▁to ▁Montr éal , ▁where ▁her ▁husband ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁ra bbi . ▁After ▁two ▁years , ▁she ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁a ▁son , ▁Nathan iel ▁F isch , ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁daughter , ▁R ene e ▁Em un ah . ▁The ▁couple ▁returned ▁to ▁Brook lyn ▁while ▁A yl on ▁was ▁pre gn ant ▁with ▁her ▁second ▁child . ▁Mand el ▁F isch ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁cancer ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁and ▁died ▁five ▁years ▁later ; ▁A yl on ▁was ▁ 3 0 . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁death , ▁A yl on ▁en rolled ▁as ▁an ▁art ▁student ▁at ▁Brook lyn ▁College , ▁where ▁she ▁studied ▁under ▁Ad ▁Rein hardt . ▁After ▁finishing ▁college , ▁she ▁was ▁commission ed ▁to ▁paint ▁a ▁m ural ▁for ▁the ▁youth ▁employ ment ▁center ▁in ▁the ▁Brook lyn ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁Bed ford - St uy ves ant . ▁When ▁photograph ed ▁for ▁a ▁newspaper ▁article , ▁she ▁said ▁that ▁her ▁name ▁was ▁Hel ène ▁A yl on , ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁used ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁equivalent ▁of ▁her ▁first ▁name ▁as ▁her ▁surname . ▁She ▁subsequently ▁taught ▁at ▁San ▁Francisco ▁State ▁University ▁and ▁the ▁California ▁College ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁C raft s ▁in ▁Oak land . ▁ ▁A yl on ' s ▁first ▁notable ▁work , ▁R auch