Emily Berger Art
American, b. 1953
Emily Berger is an American abstract painter based in Brooklyn, New York. Her paintings are minimal and gestural, revealing in process and celebrating the hand of the artist. Berger is a member of American Abstract Artists. After graduating from Brown University, Berger earned her MFA in Painting from Columbia University, and attended the Skowhegan School in Maine. She has lectured extensively and participated in numerous artist residencies, including the Norte Maar Adirondacks outpost. Berger has exhibited internationally in numerous galleries and museums. Her work is included in numerous private and public collections, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Drawings and Prints, New York; Museum of Modern Art, Library Special Collection, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art Library; Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; and the Delaware Art Museum, among others. Berger works with oil paint on wood panels. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizontal bands from top to bottom of the surface. An interplay of complementary colors creates a sense of push pull, endowing her compositions with nuanced luminosity. Scraping and scumbling the layers of paint, Berger gives her paintings a textured, painterly, material presence. She describes her method as being in the tradition of Abstract Expressionism—as if an event is taking place in the arena of the painting. Her approach, however, is quite controlled. Despite its structural reliance on the grid, the interplay between planning and the emergence of accidents lends the work a feeling of energy and mystery.(Biography provided by IdeelArt)
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Artist: Emily Berger
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Emily Berger_Glimmer_oil on wood_14 x 11 x 1 inches_2018_Color Field Painting
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
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2010s Color-Field Emily Berger Art
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Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger_Dream of Spain_oil on wood_40 x 30 x 2in_2018._Color Field Painting
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
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2010s Color-Field Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Small Blue Swag , 2016, oil on synthetic paper, Abstraction
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Synthetic Paper
Emily Berger, Jay , 2016, paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
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Paper, Ink
Emily Berger, Wellfleet #4, 2014, Paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Emily Berger_Red Ghost_2018_oil on wood_30x24 inches_Minimalism
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
Category
2010s Color-Field Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger_Adagio_2019_oil on wood_ 40 x 30 inches_Minimalism
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
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2010s Color-Field Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger_Not a Day Goes By_oil on wood_48 x 36 inches_2018_Minimalism
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
Category
2010s Color-Field Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger_Begin Again_2018_oil on wood_ 40 x 30 inches_Minimalism
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
Category
2010s Color-Field Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Wellfleet #5 , 2014, Paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Emily Berger, Twelve Bar Blues , 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Garden, 2016, paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Ink, Synthetic Paper
Emily Berger, Etching # 3, 2016, paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Ink, Rag Paper
Emily Berger, Etching # 1 , 2016, paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Ink, Synthetic Paper
Emily Berger, Wellfleet , 2014, Paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Emily Berger, Wellfleet #3, 2014, Paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Emily Berger, Jay #2, 2014, Paper, Ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Emily Berger, Morning, 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Pilgrim Spring, 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
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2010s Post-Minimalist Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Snow Day, 2014, oil paint, wood panel, Abstraction
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Audubon, 2014, oil paint, wood panel, Abstraction
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Night Garden , 2015, oil paint, wood panel, Abstraction
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Catch Sight, 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Breath, 2014, oil paint, wood panel, Abstraction
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Swing, 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Post-Minimalist Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Samoset, 2014, oil paint, wood panel, Abstraction
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Post-Minimalist Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Maya, 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Post-Minimalist Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Daylight Moment, 2014, oil paint, wood panel, Abstraction
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Post-Minimalist Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger, Ultra Pink, 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Post-Minimalist Emily Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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