biographie de George Louis BERG (1868-1941)
Birth place: McGregor, Clayton County, IA
Death place: Los Gatos, CA
Addresses: NYC; LA Jolla, CA; Los Gatos, CA
Profession: Painter
Studied: ASL.
Exhibited: Nat. Acad. of New York; many solo shows & important exhibitions.
Member: Guild of Am. Painters; Am. Landscape Painters; WSA (life member); Arctic Explorers (hon. life mem.); New Haven PCC; SC; Silvermine GA; Guild Seven Arts, Darien, CT
Work: New Jersey Fed. Women's Club; Hinckley Art Gal.; over 300 paintings in NY homes and public galleries.
Comments: Position: chief, dept. FA, Alaska-Yukon Pacific Expo., Seattle, 1909; federal appraiser of paintings. Berg said that he never painted for prizes and refused awards.
Sources: WW40; Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years, 26.