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After serving for three years in the [[United States Army Air Forces]], Indiana studied at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] (1949–1953), the [[Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture]] in Maine (summer 1953) and [[Edinburgh University]] and [[Edinburgh College of Art]] (1953–1954).<ref name=bio/> He returned to the United States in 1954 and settled in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=2812 |title=Robert Indiana |publisher=MoMA |location=New York, NY}}</ref>

 

In New York, Indiana's partner [[Ellsworth Kelly]], whom he met in 1956, helped him find a loft on [[Coenties Slip]].<ref name=jori/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2016/september/13/the-hidden-messages-in-robert-indiana-s-love/|title=The hidden message in Robert Indiana's Love {{!}} Art {{!}} Agenda|website=Phaidon|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> On Coenties Slip he met neighboring artists like [[Jack Youngerman]], [[Agnes Martin]] and [[Cy Twombly]], with whom he shared his studio for a time.<ref name=jori/>