Portrait of Joan Brown Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Seated Nude Oil on Canvas by Honora Berg

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Portrait of Joan Brown Bay Area Expressionist Seated Nude in Oil on Canvas

Heavy impasto painting of a seated nude … Read more Portrait of Joan Brown Bay Area Expressionist Seated Nude in Oil on Canvas

Heavy impasto painting of a seated nude woman (Joan Brown) by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold depiction of a nude woman with dark hair. She is sitting in a dark blue chair, body slightly angled towards the viewer. The wall behind her is a deep red. Both the chair and the model are made out of many small brushstrokes of varying colors, creating a pointillist feel. Honora Berg also painted and portrait of Manuel Neri (Joan's Husband) which we acquired also from the Larry Miller Estate.

Unframed.
Canvas size: 30"H x 24"W
Signed and dated "Honora Berg 60" in the lower right corner.
Signed "H. Berg" on verso.
Tag from Larry Miller Fine Art on verso.
Provenance: Estate of Honora Berg, David Carson Gallery, Larry Miller Fine Art, Estate of Larry Miller, Robert Azensky Fine Art.
From the estate of Larry Miller (1958-2003). Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates.

Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell — David Park's aunt — suggested a move to California in 1951 to study under Park. She exhibited at the 25th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961. See less