Leon Golub was born in Chicago, in 1922. Two decades later, he graduated with a B.A. in art history from the University of Chicago. He then entered the U.S. Army. Five years later, Golub took advantage of the G.I. Bill and entered the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he began to paint in a style patently informed by the horrors of war. As a member of the “Monster Roster”—a group of artists who became known for gruesome works of expressionism and surrealism—Golub and his art grew in notoriety through the 1950s and 60s. Paintings of brutal interrogations and aggrieved figures demonstrate his ability to capture frustration, fear, and agony. Golub continued working until his death, in 2004. The exhibition “Et in Arcadia Ego” presents a selection of his paintings from the 1950s to the 90s. —Jack Sullivan