Cantor Arts Center, Stanford
Lomita Drive/Museum Way
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA 94305
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA 94305
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Museums page for Wallace Berman ((1926 - 1976)), known for Collage-surreal-pop images. Showing 5 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1926 Staten Island, New York - 1976. Known for: Collage-surreal-pop images.
Recognized for making collages known as "Verifax" by using obsolete photocopying machines, Wallace Berman utilized symbols from various media sources. He was born in 1926 in Staten Island, New York.... Read full biography
Recognized for making collages known as "Verifax" by using obsolete photocopying machines, Wallace Berman utilized symbols from various media sources. He was born in 1926 in Staten Island, New York. In the 1930s, his family moved to the Jewish district in Los Angeles. After being expelled from high... Read full biography
Recognized for making collages known as "Verifax" by using obsolete photocopying machines, Wallace Berman utilized symbols from various media sources. He was born in 1926 in Staten Island, New York. In the 1930s, his family moved to the Jewish district in Los Angeles. After being expelled from high school for gambling in the early 1940s, Berman immersed himself in the growing West Coast jazz scene. During this period, he briefly attended the Jepson Art School and Chouinard Art School, but... Read full biography
Recognized for making collages known as "Verifax" by using obsolete photocopying machines, Wallace Berman utilized symbols from various media sources. He was born in 1926 in Staten Island, New York. In the 1930s, his family moved to the Jewish district in Los Angeles. After being expelled from high school for gambling in the early 1940s, Berman immersed himself in the growing West Coast jazz scene. During this period, he briefly attended the Jepson Art School and Chouinard Art School, but departed when he found the training too academic for his needs. In 1949, while working in a factory finishing antique furniture, he began making sculptures from unused scraps and reject materials. By the early 1950s, Berman had become a full-time artist... Read full biography
Recognized for making collages known as "Verifax" by using obsolete photocopying machines, Wallace Berman utilized symbols from various media sources. He was born in 1926 in Staten Island, New York. In the 1930s, his family moved to the Jewish district in Los Angeles. After being expelled from high school for gambling in the early 1940s, Berman immersed himself in the growing West Coast jazz scene. During this period, he briefly attended the Jepson Art School and Chouinard Art School, but departed when he found the training too academic for his needs. In 1949, while working in a factory finishing antique furniture, he began making sculptures from unused scraps and reject materials. By the early 1950s, Berman had become a full-time artist and an active figure in the beat community in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Some art historians consider him to... Read full biography
Wallace Berman - Artist Info
About Wallace Berman: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (5)
All MuseumsDallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California
823 Exposition Boulevard
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103