About John Hultberg

  • Biography

    A painter of semi-abstract landscapes and ambiguous scenes with figures, John Hultberg studied at Fresno State College (B.A. 1943), with Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still at the San Francisco School of Art (1947-49), and at the Art Students League (1949-1951).

    In 1952 he was a part of a show of new talent at MOMA and in 1955 was awarded first prize at the Corcoran Biennial.

    He was a member of the National Academy of Design; he taught painting at the Art Students League and the San Francisco Art Institute.

    Source:
    Art in America
    , June/July 2005
    Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, 1986-87...

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