Virginia Berresford

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Virginia Berresford
Born1902
Died1995
NationalityAmerican
EducationWellesley College;
Teachers College, Columbia University;
Art Students League
Patron(s)Charles Martin;
Amédée Ozenfant

Virginia Berresford (born in 1902 in New Rochelle, New York - 1995 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) was a painter, printmaker and an art gallery owner. Her works are exhibited in major galleries.

Life

She studied at Wellesley College in 1921, and Teachers College, Columbia University in 1923 with Charles Martin. She studied at the Art Students League, with George Bridgman. She studied in Paris, with Amédée Ozenfant from 1925 to 1930.[1]

In the 1950s, she opened an art gallery in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard.[2]

Bibliography

  • Virginia's journal: an autobiography of an artist, Glen Publishing Co., 1989[3]

References

  1. ^ Virginia Berresford (1904-1996) United States
  2. ^ Dan T. Chase (August 7, 2003). "Art: From Modest Beginnings: Remembering The People and Places of Island Art". Martha's Vineyard Times.
  3. ^ "Virginia's journal : an autobiography of an artist / / Virginia Berresford". SIRIS

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