The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts was conceived as a way to thank the community of artists for their support, encouragement and friendship. For the Golden family and friends, the Golden Foundation is also a means of celebrating the legacy of Sam and Adele. Sam Golden began his paint-making career in 1936 at Bocour Artist Colors, a company he co- owned with his uncle, Leonard Bocour. Sam and Leonard began by producing hand-ground oil colors for artists in Manhattan. It was a very exciting time in the arts, as the New York School of Painters was rising to prominence, and New York was becoming the art center of the world. Artists like Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman and Morris Louis were regular visitors at the Bocour shop on 15th Street. Artists would set up their drawing pads or easels and draw or paint in the tiny shop. After 35 years as a paint maker, Sam retired from his partnership at Bocour Artist Colors. He and his wife, Adele, bought a farm in upstate New York, in the small village of Columbus. After trying retirement for seven years, and at the age of sixty-seven, Sam decided to go back into the business he loved, making paint for artists. Adele, the consummate business woman, supplied the financial and organizational acumen to both support her husband’s life’s work and to realize her own dream of starting a Golden family enterprise. Thus began the formation of Golden Artist Colors, Inc. It is no surprise that Sam’s company is the benchmark by which all other brands are measured. Golden Artist Colors’ commitment to the original tenets of Sam Golden — to listen to the creative customer and to be the best resource for artists in the world — remains strong and constant. Members of the Golden Family have created The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation to commemorate their parents’ legacy and the innovative traditions of Golden Artist Colors, Inc.