Virginia Berresford
{{short description|American painter}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Virginia Berresford
| image = Virginia Berresford.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = October 11, 1902
| birth_place = New Rochelle, New York
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995 August 20|1902 October 11}}
| death_place = Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
| nationality = American
| spouse =
| known_for =
| training = Wellesley College;
Teachers College, Columbia University;
Art Students League
| movement =
| notable_works =
| patrons = Charles Martin;
Amédée Ozenfant
| awards =
| elected =
| website =
}}
Virginia Berresford (October 11, 1902 – August 20, 1995) was a painter, printmaker, and art gallery owner. Her works are exhibited in major galleries.
Early life and education
She was born Virginia Berresford in 1902{{cite web |title=New York State Birth Index, 1881-1942 |url=https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/61667/records/1019182 |website=www.ancestrylibrary.com |language=en}} in New Rochelle, New York. 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.[http://www.jlwcollection.com/jlwcollection.com/Virginia_Berresford.html Virginia Berresford (1904–1996) United States]
Art career
In the 1950s, she opened an art gallery in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard.{{cite news| url=http://www.mvtimes.com/2003/08/07/art/remembering-island-art.php | title=Art: From Modest Beginnings: Remembering The People and Places of Island Art| author=Dan T. Chase| date=August 7, 2003| work=Martha's Vineyard Times}}
Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art{{cite web |title=Virginia Berresford |url=https://whitney.org/artists/107?q%5Bs%5D=sort_date%20desc |website=whitney.org |language=en}} the Detroit Institute of Arts{{cite web |title=Florida Storm |url=https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/florida-storm-34698 |website=www.dia.org |language=en}} and the Dallas Museum of Art.{{cite web |title=Under the Bigtop - DMA Collection Online |url=https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5350064 |website=www.dma.org |language=en}}
=Exhibitions=
- Third Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1936, Whitney Museum of American Art
- Second Biennial Exhibition: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1936, Whitney Museum of American Art
- Oil Paintings by Living Artists, 1935, Brooklyn Museum{{cite web |title=Oil Paintings by Living Artists | publisher=Brooklyn Museum |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/exhibitions/1571 | accessdate=14 January 2022 }}
- First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Prints, 1933, Whitney Museum of American Art
- 46 Painters and Sculptors under 35 Years of Age, 1930, Museum of Modern Art, New York.{{cite web |title=Virginia Berresford |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/49739 | publisher=Museum of Modern Art |language=en}}
Bibliography
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=101056 |title=Virginia Berresford biography|publisher=AskArt}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.fbhorowitzfineart.com/cgi-bin/viewproject.cgi?cat_id=20 |title=Virginia Berresford painting|publisher=F. B. Horowitz Fine Art Ltd.}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berresford, Virginia}}
Category:20th-century American painters
Category:20th-century American printmakers
Category:People from Edgartown, Massachusetts
Category:Wellesley College alumni
Category:Artists from New Rochelle, New York
Category:Teachers College, Columbia University alumni
Category:Painters from New York (state)
Category:American women printmakers
Category:20th-century American women painters
{{US-painter-1990s-stub}}