biographie de John Philip HULTBERG (1922-2005)

Birth place: Berkeley, CA

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Abstract painter

Studied: Fresno State Col. (B.A., 1943); Calif. Sch. Fine Arts, 1947-49; ASL, 1949-51.

Exhibited: WMAA, 1955-63; Martha Jackson Gal., NYC, 1955-72 (solos); Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1955-65 (6 times; with gold med. in 1955); ICA Gal., London, Eng., 1956 (solo); Gal. Dragon, Paris, 1956-71 (solos); Oakland Mus, Calif, 1960; PAFA, 1960-66 (4 times); NAD, 1972 (Benjamin Altman landscape prize). Other awards: Am. Fedn. Arts-Ford Found. grant, 1964.

Work: MMA; MoMA; NMAA; Guggenheim Mus.; Albright-Knox Mus., Buffalo, NY; Stedlijk Mus., Eindhoven; Portland (Me.) Mus. A.; Hirshhorn Mus. Commissions: paintings of Newport News Shipyard, for Fortune mag., 1957.

Comments: First came to Monhegan Island (Me.) in 1962, living and painting there year-'round for a number of years. Of the island he said, I don't copy what I see, but Monhegan does seep into my work." Preferred medium: oils. Teaching: ASL.

Sources: WW73; Curtis, Curtis, and Lieberman, 47, 183; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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