Nicholas Berger Art
American, b. 1949
Nicholas Berger Biography American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best known for his industrial, waterfront scenes of New York between 1930-1970, Berger effortlessly captures a period when the technology and landscape of the city was rapidly changing. Although he paints scenes of a bygone era, Berger draws inspiration from the waterfronts near his home in New York’s Hudson River Highlands as well as historical sources in museums. Berger holds BFA and MFA degrees from Alfred University.
Earlier in his career, the artist painted representational landscapes rendered in watercolor, a medium in which he achieved great success, sharing a sellout two-person show in Tokyo with Andrew Wyeth. In the mid-2000s, Berger transitioned to his signature industrial scenes of the city, employing oil on panel in a painterly manner influenced by the Hudson River and Brandywine schools. Although he has grown more expressive in his brushstrokes, Berger continues to meticulously research the ships and skyline of the era that he chooses to portray. He effectively imbues his paintings with nostalgia through neutral, muted colors and familiar subjects such as the bridges of Central Park or views of Manhattan from the Hudson River. Berger often begins with small studies before creating the final paintings, many of which are impressive in scale.
Berger’s paintings have the power to draw the viewer into the heart of the scene, interacting with each individual in a personal way. Having worked for several decades in watercolor, his recent work consists of Hudson River landscapes painted in oil. In this new medium, viewers will continue to find the sensitivity reminiscent of Berger’s watercolors, the beauty of his signature detail work, and the subtlety and fine nuances that continue to place his work among the best.
A listed artist, having sold through Sotheby’s, Berger’s work is sought by discriminating collectors. Nicholas Berger paintings are found in the private collections of a former U.S. President and well-known entertainers. Berger lives in the Hudson Highlands, enjoying the natural beauty of an area that has inspired American artists since the earliest days.
EDUCATION: Alfred University, BFA and MFA degrees, Alfred, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2022 Group Show, Cavalier Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Annual Small Works [Online Exhibition], Cavalier Galleries
2020 Summer Highlights: Part I [Online Viewing Room], Cavalier Galleries
2020 New York State Of Mind [Online Exhibition], Cavalier Galleries
2019 Contemporary Realism, Cavalier Ebanks Galleries, Greenwich, CT
2019 Paintings of New York City, Cavalier Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Nicholas Berger: New York, Cavalier Gallery, New York, NY
2017 MIXED: Group Exhibition, Cavalier Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Cavalier Galleries 30th Anniversary, Greenwich, CT
2016 September Group Exhibition, Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT
2016 New Arrivals- Summer 2016, Cavalier Galleries, Nantucket, MA
2016 Maritime Paintings Exhibition, Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT
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Artist: Nicholas Berger
Scrap Yard
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
December 1959, Scrap Metal Loading Area, 8A Yard between 9th & 8th Street by Kent Avenue. Looking East.
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berg...
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Men Working
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
men working on the railroad
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20th Century Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
2 PM Shift Change
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Men at work by a Brooklyn East District Terminal locomotive during an afternoon shift change. For over 100 years, the Brooklyn East District Terminal was responsible for floating fre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
New York Central Home Port
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve a...
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
Pilot Boat Adams No. 4
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Board
New York Pilot Boat "Adams"
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
Nicholas Berger’s career as an artist spans three decades and has brought him national and international acclaim for his paintings. A lis...
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2010s Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
Channel Chop
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
Orchard Asleep
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve a...
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Oil, Panel
Pine Bank Arch, Central Park
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Central Park during winter 1946
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
Working the Pile
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve a...
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2010s Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Distant Sails
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
Nicholas Berger’s career as an artist spans three decades and has brought him national and international acclaim for his paintings. A lis...
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2010s Nicholas Berger Art
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Canvas, Oil
Quiet Places
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve a...
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
Afternoon Departure, West Shore Terminal
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Activity at the West Shore Terminal, the Woolworth Tower rising in the distance. Commuters in late afternoon on a summer day, 1954, take the ferry Westfield to reach Jersey City.
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rescue Ladder: Gapstow Bridge
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Winter scene of the Gapstow Bridge in Central Park
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2010s Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Friends (Just the Guys)
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best known for his industrial, waterfront scenes of New York between 1930-1970, Berger effortlessly captures a period when the technology and landscape of the city was rapidly changing. Although he paints scenes of a bygone era, Berger draws inspiration from the waterfronts near his home in New York’s Hudson River Highlands as well as historical sources in museums. Berger holds BFA and MFA degrees from Alfred University.
Earlier in his career, the artist painted representational landscapes rendered in watercolor, a medium in which he achieved great success, sharing a sellout two-person show in Tokyo with Andrew Wyeth. In the mid-2000s, Berger transitioned to his signature industrial scenes of the city, employing oil on panel in a painterly manner influenced by the Hudson River and Brandywine schools...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Off Peak
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unframed Dimensions: 36 x 48 inches
Framed Dimensions: 41 1/4 x 53 1/4 inches
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berg...
Category
2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
He/Him/They
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best known for his industrial, waterfront scenes of New York between 1930-1970, Berger effortlessly captures a period when the technology and landscape of the city was rapidly changing. Although he paints scenes of a bygone era, Berger draws inspiration from the waterfronts near his home in New York’s Hudson River Highlands as well as historical sources in museums. Berger holds BFA and MFA degrees from Alfred University.
Earlier in his career, the artist painted representational landscapes rendered in watercolor, a medium in which he achieved great success, sharing a sellout two-person show in Tokyo with Andrew Wyeth. In the mid-2000s, Berger transitioned to his signature industrial scenes of the city, employing oil on panel in a painterly manner influenced by the Hudson River and Brandywine schools...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tracks in the Sand
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
Nicholas Berger’s career as an artist spans three decades and has brought him national and international acclaim for his paintings. A lis...
Category
2010s Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Colors in the Wind
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best known for his industrial, waterfront scenes of New York between 1930-1970, Berger effortlessly captures a period when the technology and landscape of the city was rapidly changing. Although he paints scenes of a bygone era, Berger draws inspiration from the waterfronts near his home in New York’s Hudson River Highlands as well as historical sources in museums. Berger holds BFA and MFA degrees from Alfred University.
Earlier in his career, the artist painted representational landscapes rendered in watercolor, a medium in which he achieved great success, sharing a sellout two-person show in Tokyo with Andrew Wyeth. In the mid-2000s, Berger transitioned to his signature industrial scenes of the city, employing oil on panel in a painterly manner influenced by the Hudson River and Brandywine schools...
Category
2010s Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Looking Back
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
Category
2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Out of Use, study
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve a...
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
Distant Hills
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
On a Stormy Sea
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
The famed whaling ship, Essex, on a roiling and stormy sea.
The Essex is arguably the most famous Nantucket whaling ship in history. The Essex was a su...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
Path in the Pines
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nicholas Berger Biography
American, b. 1949
Nicholas Berger’s career as an artist spans three decades and has brought him national and international acclaim for his paintings. A lis...
Category
2010s Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
North Woods Waterfall, Central Park
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949
In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Backing Down
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
A steamboat at Hudson River Pier.
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2010s Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bow Bridge, study in Spring
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bow Bridge, Central Park, NYC
Nicholas Berger’s career as an artist spans three decades and has brought him national and international acclaim for his paintings. A listed artist, hav...
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2010s Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Indian Brook Falls
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unchanged for centuries, this idyllic water fall in Cold Spring, NY, one hour north of New York City by train, is hidden from view by the hilly landscape and a stone bridge.
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2010s American Realist Nicholas Berger Art
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Oil, Panel
April Thaw
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Painting of a bridge in Central Park
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2010s Realist Nicholas Berger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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