Answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: new york city    - bgcolour: # 6495ed    - caption: '' kriesberg in his studio c. 1997 ''    - death date: 11 november 2009    - field: american figurative expressionism      - birth date: 13 march 1919    - name: irving kriesberg    - nationality: american    - image: tashilam-2 . jpg    - birth place: chicago   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of irving kriesberg .
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irving kriesberg -lrb- 1919 -- 2009 -rrb- was an american painter whose work combined elements of abstract expressionism with figurative elements of human and animal forms .kriesberg made his debut with jackson pollock and mark rothko at the 1952 exhibition , fifteen artists , at the new york museum of modern art .