San Francisco Bay Area Seascape With Ships in Oil on Cardboard by Honora Berg

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San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard

Seascape with large ships by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). … Read more San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard

Seascape with large ships by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The ocean is shown in saturated colors - teal, yellow, green, and red - with black lines creating a choppy, turbulent texture. The horizon is high in the composition, conveying the size and power of the ocean. Two large ships navigate the waters, each with two smokestacks. The sky is shown in yellow and red, likely just after sunset. In the foreground, there are a few partially submerged rocks in similar colors.

Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Estate stamp on verso "Estate of Honora Berg - Miller Fine Art"
Initialed and numbered "HB 104" on verso
Unframed. 19.5"H x 26"W

Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who 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.

Provenance, Estate of Honora Berg - David Carlson Gallery, Larry Miller Fine Art, Estate of Larry Miller to Robert Azensky Fine Art.

Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates. See less