Born in Williamsburg and growing up in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Mr. Moss was attracted to the arts at a young age, drawing profiles of his family members in elementary school and crafting model airplanes from ten-cent kits. 

He attended the High School of Industrial Arts in Manhattan, now the High School of Art and Design, where he pursued graphic arts and studio drawing. 

After contracting pneumonia and malaria during the war, he returned to New York and joined the Arts Student League. He went on to a job in the TV Art Department at NBC, where he created artwork for shows like “The Today Show” and “The Jack Paar Show,” along with a logo for “The Open Mind.” 

In 1959, he married his wife, Sabina Moss, also an artist. They lived on Long Island with their two sons — who were there for Mr. Moss’s exhibit opening on Oct. 22. Over the years, he worked consistently on his sculptures. 

“That was what I loved to do,” he said. “I could do drawings to make a living, but that’s what I loved to do.” 

Though many of the pieces in the exhibit have heavy themes — “I like to think I have messages in a lot of them,” he says — a few are lighter creations. 

His 2006 piece “Samuel Beckett” is a bust of the Irish writer. 

“I figured maybe if I did somebody famous, I’d get famous,” he joked. 

At 91 years old, Mr. Moss has no plans to stop sculpting. Next summer, he plans to continue his work at a house he owns in Massachusetts. 

The exhibit at Manhattan College is his first exhibit in 13 years. Mr. Moss said he has always been hesitant to submit his work for display.    

“I figured if I tried to go to galleries and got rejected, that would be too painful,” he said. “[But] I was secretly hoping somebody, someday would say, gee, that’s interesting. I would love more people to see it.” 

Sculpture and Social Consciousness will be on display in the Alumni Room at the O’Malley Library on the Manhattan College campus until Dec. 16.