Virginia Berresford (1904 - 1995)
1904New Rochelle, USA1995Martha's Vineyard, USAUSA
Virginia Berresford
Virginia Berresford is an American artist and printmaker.
Virginia Berresford studied with George Bridgman at the Art Students' League and in Paris with Amedee Ozenfan from 1925 to 1930. Berresford was known for her landscape paintings with strong composition and use of colour as well as attention to detail.
In the 1950s she opened an art gallery in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Detroit Art Institute and the Dallas Museum of Art.
Date and place of birt: | 1904, New Rochelle, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 1995, Martha's Vineyard, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Engraver, Painter |
Genre: | Cityscape, Figurative art, Flower still life, Industrial landscape, Mountain landscape, Landscape painting, Still life |
Art style: | Expressionism, Contemporary art |