Bay Area Figurative · Postwar California Modernism

Henrietta
Berk

1919 – 1990

Commanding color, vigorous brushwork and an intensely personal vision of the California landscape, figure and still life — a student of Richard Diebenkorn and one of the most distinctive painters of the postwar Bay Area.

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Henrietta Berk, Mount Diablo, c. 1965, oil on canvas — Mount Diablo, c. 1965 · oil on canvas, 48 × 48 in

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Henrietta Berk, Beach, oil on canvas — **Beach**c. 1965, Oil on Canvas, 48 x 48 inAvailable · price on requestInquire to purchase →

Henrietta Berk, Sunset, oil on canvas — **Sunset**c. 1965-1968, Oil on Canvas, 54 x 72 inAvailable · price on requestInquire to purchase →

Henrietta Berk, Balcony, oil on canvas — **Balcony**c. 1964-1967, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 20 inAvailable · price on requestInquire to purchase →

Henrietta Berk, Morning Dawn, oil on canvas — **Morning Dawn**1965, Oil on Canvas, 48 x 48 inAvailable · price on requestInquire to purchase →

Henrietta Berk, Lizzie with Flowers, oil on canvas — **Lizzie with Flowers**1961-1963, Oil on Canvas, 48 x 40 inAvailable · price on requestInquire to purchase →

Henrietta Berk, Lafayette, oil on canvas — **Lafayette**c. 1964-1966, Oil on Canvas, 12 x 12 inAvailable · price on requestInquire to purchase →

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The artist

“The world appears simultaneously observed and invented.”

Berk joined the emotional freedom of Abstract Expressionism with recognizable hills, figures, interiors and flowers. She exhibited at the Oakland Art Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Art and the de Young in the 1960s, often signing “H. Berk” to sidestep prejudice against women painters.

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