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{{Short description|American painter}}
{{Short description|American painter}}
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| name = Bernece Berkman-Hunter
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| birth_name = Bernece Berkman
| birth_date = {{Birth year|191911}}
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| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1988|1911}}
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1988|1911}}
| death_place = [[New York, New York]]
| death_place = [[New York, New York]]
| nationality = American
| field = Painter, graphic artist, designer, screenprinter, lithographer, teacher
| field = Painter, graphic artist, designer, screenprinter, lithographer, teacher
| training = [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] (SAIC)
| training = [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] (SAIC)
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== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Berkman-Hunter née Berkman was born in 1911 in Chicago.<ref name="AskArt">{{cite web |title=Bernece Berkman-Hunter |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Bernece_BerkmanHunter/62188/Bernece_BerkmanHunter.aspx |website=AskArt |accessdate=5 January 2020}}</ref> She took evening sketching classes in [[Todros Geller]]'s studio and studied oil painting with Geller. [[Rudolph Weisenborn]] was another early influence. Working with both of these artists Berkman was introduced to [[Cubism]] and [[Expressionism]] and her work became more political in nature. She also studied briefly in New York at [[Hunter College]] and at [[The New School for Social Research]] under [[Stuart Davis (painter)|Stuart Davis]].<ref name="auto"/>
Berkman-Hunter, née Berkman, was born in 1911 in Chicago.<ref name="AskArt">{{cite web |title=Bernece Berkman-Hunter |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Bernece_BerkmanHunter/62188/Bernece_BerkmanHunter.aspx |website=AskArt |accessdate=5 January 2020}}</ref> She took evening sketching classes in [[Todros Geller]]'s studio and studied oil painting with Geller. [[Rudolph Weisenborn]] was another early influence. Working with both of these artists, Berkman was introduced to [[Cubism]] and [[Expressionism]] and her work became more political in nature. She also studied briefly in New York at [[Hunter College]] and at [[The New School for Social Research]] under [[Stuart Davis (painter)|Stuart Davis]].<ref name="auto"/>


In 1934 Berkman-Hunter's work was exhibited for the first time in a group show of Jewish artists at the [[Palmer House]] in Chicago.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|last1=Weininger|first1=Susan|title=Bernece Berkman|url=http://www.chicagomodern.org/artists/bernece_berkman/|website=Modernism in the City: Chicago Artists 1920-1950|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref> In 1939 she exhibited a painting at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair]].
In 1934, Berkman-Hunter's work was exhibited for the first time in a group show of Jewish artists at the [[Palmer House Hilton|Palmer House]] in Chicago.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|last1=Weininger|first1=Susan|title=Bernece Berkman|url=http://www.chicagomodern.org/artists/bernece_berkman/|website=Modernism in the City: Chicago Artists 1920-1950|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref> In 1939 she exhibited a painting at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair]]. Berkman-Hunter's work was included in the 1940 [[MoMA]] show ''American Color Prints Under $10''. The show was organized as a vehicle for bringing affordable fine [[art print]]s to the general public.<ref name="MoMA1">{{cite web |title=Press release for "American Color Prints Under $10" |url=https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_press-release_325203.pdf |website=Museum of Modern Art |accessdate=9 January 2020}}</ref>


She married Oscar H. Hunter, an African-American writer, in 1946. Together they founded a wallpaper company, Berk-Hunter Associates, in 1949. They divorced in 1976.<ref name="auto1"/>
She married Oscar H. Hunter, an African-American writer, in 1946. Together they founded a wallpaper company, Berk-Hunter Associates, in 1949. They divorced in 1976.<ref name="auto1"/>


In 1947, she was included in the [[Dallas Museum of Fine Arts]] exhibition of the [[National Serigraph Society]] artists.<ref name="Texas History1">{{cite web |last1=Dallas Museum of Fine Arts |title=National Serigraph Exhibition, January 15–February 15, 1947 [Checklist] |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth225422/ |website=The Portal to Texas History |accessdate=4 January 2020 |language=English |date=1947}}</ref>
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In 1972 she traveled to France and Italy. Her travel diary is housed at the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Friend|first1=Melinda K.|title=Bernece Berkman-Hunter Papers: A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress|url=http://findingaids.loc.gov/db/search/xq/searchMfer02.xq?_id=loc.mss.eadmss.ms007009&_faSection=overview&_faSubsection=scopecontent&_dmdid=d5139e17|website=Library of Congress|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>


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In 1972, she traveled to France and Italy. Her travel diary is housed at the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Friend|first1=Melinda K.|title=Bernece Berkman-Hunter Papers: A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress|url=http://findingaids.loc.gov/db/search/xq/searchMfer02.xq?_id=loc.mss.eadmss.ms007009&_faSection=overview&_faSubsection=scopecontent&_dmdid=d5139e17|website=Library of Congress|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>
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She was an active member of the artist community in Chicago and New York and belonged to the [[Chicago Society of Artists]] and the [[Chicago Women's Salon]].

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She was an active member of the artistic community in Chicago and New York, and belonged to the [[Chicago Society of Artists]] and the [[Chicago Women's Salon]].


Berkman-Hunter died in 1988 in New York.<ref name="AskArt"/>
Berkman-Hunter died in 1988 in New York.<ref name="AskArt"/>




==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
*[[American Artists' Congress|American Artists Congress,]] 1937
*[[American Artists' Congress|American Artists Congress]], 1937
*[[Denver Art Museum]], 1938
*[[Denver Art Museum]], 1938
*Springfield (MA) Museum of Fine Art
*Springfield (MA) Museum of Fine Art
*WPA Exhibition, [[Art Institute of Chicago]], 1938
*WPA Exhibition, [[Art Institute of Chicago]], 1938
*[[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair,]] 1939
*[[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair]], 1939
*International Water Color Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1940
*International Water Color Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1940
*Chicago and Vicinity Exhibit, Art Institute of Chicago, 1940–41
*Chicago and Vicinity Exhibit, Art Institute of Chicago, 1940–41
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==Collections==
==Collections==


*[[The Art Institute of Chicago]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Collections|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Berkman,+Bernece|website=Art Institute of Chicago|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>
*[[The Art Institute of Chicago]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Collections|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Berkman,+Bernece|website=Art Institute of Chicago|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>
*[[Carnegie Museum of Art]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite book|last1=Stearns|first1=Robert|title=Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland|date=2000|publisher=Arts Midwest|location=Minneapolis, MN|isbn=0918881404|page=[https://archive.org/details/illusionsofedenv0000unse/page/253 253]|url=https://archive.org/details/illusionsofedenv0000unse/page/253}}</ref>
*[[Carnegie Museum of Art]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite book|last1=Stearns|first1=Robert|title=Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland|date=2000|publisher=Arts Midwest|location=Minneapolis, MN|isbn=0918881404|page=[https://archive.org/details/illusionsofedenv0000unse/page/n254 253]|url=https://archive.org/details/illusionsofedenv0000unse|url-access=registration}}</ref>
*Evansville State Hospital<ref>{{cite web|title=Bernece BERKMAN-HUNTER (1911-1988)|url=http://www.artprice.com/artist/200936/bernece-berkman-hunter/biography|website=artprice|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>
*Evansville State Hospital<ref>{{cite web|title=Bernece BERKMAN-HUNTER (1911-1988)|url=http://www.artprice.com/artist/200936/bernece-berkman-hunter/biography|website=artprice|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>
*Bernard Friedman Collection<ref>{{cite web|title=Bernece Berkman|url=http://iwa.bradley.edu/artists/BerneceBerkman|website=Illinois Women Artists Project}}</ref>
*Bernard Friedman Collection<ref>{{cite web|title=Bernece Berkman|url=http://iwa.bradley.edu/artists/BerneceBerkman|website=Illinois Women Artists Project}}</ref>
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[[Category:School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni]]
[[Category:School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni]]
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[[Category:Painters from Chicago]]
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[[Category:Hunter College alumni]]
[[Category:Hunter College alumni]]
[[Category:The New School alumni]]
[[Category:The New School alumni]]
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[[Category:20th-century American painters]]
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Bernece Berkman-Hunter
Born
Bernece Berkman

1911 (1911)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died1988 (aged 76–77)
New York, New York
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Known forPainter, graphic artist, designer, screenprinter, lithographer, teacher
MovementRegionalism
Spouse
Oscar H. Hunter
​
​
(m. 1946; divorced in 1976)​

Bernece Berkman (1911–1988), known as Bernece Berkman-Hunter after marriage, was an American painter born in Chicago, Illinois. She was inspired by what she saw in urban Chicago during the Great Depression and is best known for paintings depicting the plight of industrial workers and the poor.[1]

Life and career

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Berkman-Hunter, née Berkman, was born in 1911 in Chicago.[2] She took evening sketching classes in Todros Geller's studio and studied oil painting with Geller. Rudolph Weisenborn was another early influence. Working with both of these artists, Berkman was introduced to Cubism and Expressionism and her work became more political in nature. She also studied briefly in New York at Hunter College and at The New School for Social Research under Stuart Davis.[1]

In 1934, Berkman-Hunter's work was exhibited for the first time in a group show of Jewish artists at the Palmer House in Chicago.[3] In 1939 she exhibited a painting at the New York World's Fair. Berkman-Hunter's work was included in the 1940 MoMA show American Color Prints Under $10. The show was organized as a vehicle for bringing affordable fine art prints to the general public.[4]

She married Oscar H. Hunter, an African-American writer, in 1946. Together they founded a wallpaper company, Berk-Hunter Associates, in 1949. They divorced in 1976.[3]

In 1947, she was included in the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts exhibition of the National Serigraph Society artists.[5]

In 1972, she traveled to France and Italy. Her travel diary is housed at the Library of Congress.[6]

She was an active member of the artistic community in Chicago and New York, and belonged to the Chicago Society of Artists and the Chicago Women's Salon.

Berkman-Hunter died in 1988 in New York.[2]

Exhibitions

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Selected works

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Collections

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References

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  1. ^ a b Stearns, Robert (2000). Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland. Minneapolis, MN: Arts Midwest. p. 252. ISBN 0918881404.
  2. ^ a b "Bernece Berkman-Hunter". AskArt. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Weininger, Susan. "Bernece Berkman". Modernism in the City: Chicago Artists 1920-1950. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Press release for "American Color Prints Under $10"" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (1947). "National Serigraph Exhibition, January 15–February 15, 1947 [Checklist]". The Portal to Texas History. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  6. ^ Friend, Melinda K. "Bernece Berkman-Hunter Papers: A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Collections". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d Stearns, Robert (2000). Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland. Minneapolis, MN: Arts Midwest. p. 253. ISBN 0918881404.
  9. ^ "Bernece BERKMAN-HUNTER (1911-1988)". artprice. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Bernece Berkman". Illinois Women Artists Project.
  11. ^ "OH, BUT THERE WERE THREE WISE MEN". Seattle Art Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  12. ^ "Bernece Berkman". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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