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Jason Berger    (American, 1924)

 Jason Berger - The Fisherman (Paintings) h: 28.5 x w: 23.5 in / h: 72.4 x w: 59.7 cm
Jason Berger
The Fisherman 2000
 
 Jason Berger - Xochimilco (Paintings) h: 28.5 x w: 36 in / h: 72.4 x w: 91.4 cm
Jason Berger
Xochimilco 1962
 
 

Biography
1924 Malden, Massachusetts, 22 January 1924
2008 Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
Education with Ossip Zadkine Paris, France
University of Alabama, 1943 - 44
The Boston Museum School, 1949
Awards
The Copley Society at City Hall -- Juror's Choice, 1983
State University of New York at Buffalo Faculty Research Fellowship, 1970
The Boston Museum School Paige Traveling Scholarship
Boston Arts Festival -- First Prize, 1961
Boston Arts The Boston Museum School Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship, 1957
Festival -- Grand Prize, awarded by Jacques Lipchitz, 1955

Exhibitions
2007 The Master at 80, Part Two - Vintage and Contemporary Works
2006 Woodcuts, Re-Considered, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston MA
2006 The Color of Life, Jameson Modern, Portland, ME
2006 The Direct Vision: The Paintings of Jason Berger, University of New England, Portland, ME
2006 Jason Berger: The Master at 80, Mayans Gallery Ltd., Santa Fe, NM (solo)
1994 Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA: A Retrospective (solo)
1991 Mayans Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico (solo)
1990 Art Com'In (Art Communication International), Rouen, France (solo)
1988 Alon Gallery, Brookline, MA (and 1990) (solo)
1988 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA: "Museum School Faculty Exhibition 1980 - 1988
1987 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA: "Joseph Ablow, Jason Berger: Boston Colorists"
1986 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA: "Expressionism in Boston: 1945 - 1985"
1986 The Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA (solo)
1985 Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth, MA
1983 Visconti Gallery, Boston, MA
1983 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA: "Museum School Faculty Exhibition
1982 Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine, 1983,1989,1990,1991
1981 Galeria Jornal de Noticias, Oporto, Portugal: A large show of 35 paintings in conjunction with "American Cultural Week" under the aegis of the American Consulate (solo)
1980 Copley Society, Boston, MA: "A Centennial Exhibition"
1979 MacIvor Reddie Gallery, Boston, MA: "Jason Berger, 37 years of Printmaking" (solo)
1978 Phoenix Gallery, Concord, N.H.: "The Direct Vision"
1977 355 Gallery, Boston, MA
1977 Annual Festival of Arts and Sports, Ferragudo, Algarve, Portugal (solo)
1976 Brookline Town Hall, Brookline, MA: large painting, "Homage to Revere Beach" (solo)
1971 Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, MA (solo)
Private Collections:
Mr. Jay Rockefeller
Mrs. Walter B. Ford II
Nick Nolte
Rockefeller Medical Center, New York, New York
Chase National Bank, New York, New York
Boston Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Ma.
Museum Collections
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Guggenheim Museum, New York
The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Ma.
Brandeis University, Waltham, Ma.
Smith College, Northampton, Ma.
Rutgers University, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, N.J.
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