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John Hultberg (1922-2005) is considered an abstract realist. He studied at the California School of Fine Arts and was a comtemporary of Clay Spohn, Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko. He articulates strong forms and design, balanced by forceful use of color.
Birthplace: Berkeley, California
Born: 1922
Died: 2005
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Biography
He studied at California State Collage between 1939 and 1943, and later at the California School of Fine Arts with Clay Spohn, Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko.
Curriculum Vitae
Prizes and awards include - 1948 prize for watercolor in San francisco;
- 1949 Albert Bender fellowship the following year,
- 1955 first prize for oils at the Corcoran biennial show, a first prize in an exhibition for artist under 35, and honorable mention At the Carnegie International exhibition.
- 1956 received a Guggenheim fellowship.
- 1957 brought a Hallmark award. In 1959 Hultberg had exhibitions in Paris and Milan, Italy, as well as shows at the Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, and several shows at dealer in Chicago and New York.
- 1960 One Man shows at the Musee des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium; Phoenix (Arizona) Art Center, and Colorado Springs ( Colorado) Art Center.
Hulberg's works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York; Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, the University of Arizona, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Press Release
A book on Hultberg is accurately subtitled “painter of the in-between,” because like other artists of his generation, he opted out of purer abstraction in favor of mixtures that use wet gestural marks to make landscapes, still lifes, and real-life scenes more ambiguous and expressive.
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