Rose grew up in Boston as the son of first-generation Russian Jewish parents; he studied art in 1930s Haifa in the British Mandate of Palestine and the School of Music and Fine Arts in Boston.
Rose was raised in Boston by first-generation Russian Jewish parents; he engaged in art studies in Haifa during the 1930s, which was part of the British Mandate of Palestine, and later pursued music and fine arts education at the School of Music and Fine Arts in Boston.