John Hultberg Paintings
American, 1922-2005
John Hultberg was an American expressionist and abstract realist painter, born in 1922, in Berkeley, California. His artwork represents a surreal urban landscape, fractured and dystopian. The strong perspective and color palette is typical of his work. His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
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Artist: John Hultberg
Large John Hultberg SF Bay Area Artist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By John Hultberg
Located in Surfside, FL
John Hultberg
Oil on canvas
Panorama of pictures. 1998
Hand signed lower right, J. Hultberg ‘98.
Artist, date, and title written on verso.
Canvas 25.5”H x 35”W, Frame 26”H x 35.5”W.
Oil painting depicting a mosaic of photographs overlooking an abstract geometric landscape.
John Hultberg (1922 – 2005) was an American Abstract expressionist and Abstract realist painter. Early in his career he was related to the Bay Area Figurative Movement; he was also a lecturer and playwright.
John Hultberg was born in 1922 in Berkeley, California. Hultberg attended Fresno State College, graduating in 1943. During World War II, he was a Navy lieutenant. After the war, his education at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) (now the San Francisco Art Institute) was funded by the G.I. Bill. His teachers included Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still and he was a classmate of Richard Diebenkorn, who was also a mentor, James Budd Dixon, Walter Kuhlman, Frank Lobdell, and George Stillman, which whom he created a portfolio of 17 lithographs. This 1948 portfolio, titled Drawings, has been acknowledged as a landmark in Abstract Expressionist printmaking. The group has been referred to as "The Sausalito Six," because most, lived in Sausalito, north of San Francisco. Many of the "First Generation" artists in this West Coast movement were avid fans of Abstract Expressionism, and worked in that manner, until several of them abandoned non-objective painting in favor of working with the figure. Among these First Generation Bay Area Figurative School artists were: David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Rex Ashlock, Elmer Bischoff, Glenn Wessels, Wayne Thiebaud, Raimonds Staprans, and James Weeks. The "Bridge Generation" included the artists: Henrietta Berk, Nathan Oliveira, Theophilus Brown, Paul Wonner, Roland Petersen, John Hultberg, and Frank Lobdell. He was also a contemporary of Clay Spohn and David Park. Hultberg studied at the Art Students League of New York beginning in 1952. Hultberg was first married to Hilary Blech. In 1961 Hultberg met fellow artist Lynne Mapp Drexler...
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Artist's Studio, Painting by John Hultberg
By John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg, American (1922 - 2005)
Title: Untitled - Artist's Studio
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Acrylic on Board, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 29.5 in. (60.96 x 74.93 cm)
Frame: 2...
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At The Border
By John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg, American (1922 - 2005)
Title: At The Border
Year: 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated, verso
Size: 32 x 40 in. (81.28 x 101.6 cm)
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1960s Abstract Expressionist John Hultberg Paintings
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Oil
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