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Born 1952 York, Pennsylvania. Known for: Atmospheric landscape and water scenes.
Santa Fe, New Mexico painter Bill Berra finds the inspiration for his painting from the Macchiaioli group of 19th century Italian painters, Frederick Church's small studies, Victor Higgin's small... Read full biography
Santa Fe, New Mexico painter Bill Berra finds the inspiration for his painting from the Macchiaioli group of 19th century Italian painters, Frederick Church's small studies, Victor Higgin's small gems, French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Oriental art. The self-taught plein-aire painter... Read full biography
Santa Fe, New Mexico painter Bill Berra finds the inspiration for his painting from the Macchiaioli group of 19th century Italian painters, Frederick Church's small studies, Victor Higgin's small gems, French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Oriental art. The self-taught plein-aire painter has been painting his whole life. Born in 1952, Berra was raised in York, Pennsylvania. After only a year at the Maryland Institute of Art, Berra he left the school in 1972 because he did not fit in... Read full biography
Santa Fe, New Mexico painter Bill Berra finds the inspiration for his painting from the Macchiaioli group of 19th century Italian painters, Frederick Church's small studies, Victor Higgin's small gems, French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Oriental art. The self-taught plein-aire painter has been painting his whole life. Born in 1952, Berra was raised in York, Pennsylvania. After only a year at the Maryland Institute of Art, Berra he left the school in 1972 because he did not fit in with the abstract expressionist movement, which was popular at the time. The artist continued to paint the scenery of the Mid-Atlantic States. In 1976 he headed West and found himself in Santa Fe where he has lived ever since. Berra, who prefers to... Read full biography
Santa Fe, New Mexico painter Bill Berra finds the inspiration for his painting from the Macchiaioli group of 19th century Italian painters, Frederick Church's small studies, Victor Higgin's small gems, French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Oriental art. The self-taught plein-aire painter has been painting his whole life. Born in 1952, Berra was raised in York, Pennsylvania. After only a year at the Maryland Institute of Art, Berra he left the school in 1972 because he did not fit in with the abstract expressionist movement, which was popular at the time. The artist continued to paint the scenery of the Mid-Atlantic States. In 1976 he headed West and found himself in Santa Fe where he has lived ever since. Berra, who prefers to work in oils, completes all of his paintings in one sitting. He paints architecture, landscapes, figures and still life. Source: Art-... Read full biography
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Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Venice, Italy
Art School
- •Maryland Institute of Design, College of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact