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Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

American, b. 1953
Emily Berger is an American abstract painter based in Brooklyn, New York. Her paintings are minimal and gestural, revealing in process and celebrating the hand of the artist. Berger is a member of American Abstract Artists. After graduating from Brown University, Berger earned her MFA in Painting from Columbia University, and attended the Skowhegan School in Maine. She has lectured extensively and participated in numerous artist residencies, including the Norte Maar Adirondacks outpost. Berger has exhibited internationally in numerous galleries and museums. Her work is included in numerous private and public collections, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Drawings and Prints, New York; Museum of Modern Art, Library Special Collection, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art Library; Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; and the Delaware Art Museum, among others. Berger works with oil paint on wood panels. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizontal bands from top to bottom of the surface. An interplay of complementary colors creates a sense of push pull, endowing her compositions with nuanced luminosity. Scraping and scumbling the layers of paint, Berger gives her paintings a textured, painterly, material presence. She describes her method as being in the tradition of Abstract Expressionism—as if an event is taking place in the arena of the painting. Her approach, however, is quite controlled. Despite its structural reliance on the grid, the interplay between planning and the emergence of accidents lends the work a feeling of energy and mystery.
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Artist: Emily Berger
Emily Berger, Jay #2, 2014, Paper, Ink

Emily Berger, Jay #2, 2014, Paper, Ink

By Emily Berger

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Emily Berger, Wellfleet #3, 2014, Paper, ink

Emily Berger, Wellfleet #3, 2014, Paper, ink

By Emily Berger

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Emily Berger, Etching # 3, 2016, paper, ink

Emily Berger, Etching # 3, 2016, paper, ink

By Emily Berger

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper

Emily Berger, Garden, 2016, paper, ink

Emily Berger, Garden, 2016, paper, ink

By Emily Berger

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Synthetic Paper

Emily Berger, Wellfleet #5 , 2014, Paper, ink

Emily Berger, Wellfleet #5 , 2014, Paper, ink

By Emily Berger

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Ink #5 (Abstract painting)
Ink #5 (Abstract painting)

Ink #5 (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink #5 (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12.25” x 8.25 - 31 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Ink #5 (Abstract painting)
Ink #5 (Abstract painting)

Ink #5 (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink, watercolor on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12.25” x 8.25 - 31 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the hori...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Emily Berger, Small Blue Swag , 2016,  oil on synthetic paper, Abstraction

Emily Berger, Small Blue Swag , 2016, oil on synthetic paper, Abstraction

By Emily Berger

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...

Category

2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Synthetic Paper, Oil

Emily Berger, Etching # 1 , 2016, paper, ink

Emily Berger, Etching # 1 , 2016, paper, ink

By Emily Berger

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...

Category

2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Synthetic Paper

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink #4 (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...

Category

2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink #4 (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Ink #8 (Fraying) (Abstract painting)
Ink #8 (Fraying) (Abstract painting)

Ink #8 (Fraying) (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink #8 (Fraying) (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 11” x 8.25 - 28 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths fr...

Category

2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Ink #5 (Abstract painting)
Ink #5 (Abstract painting)

Ink #5 (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink #5 (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12.25” x 8.25 - 31 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left...

Category

2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink #4 (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...

Category

2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Ink #8 (Fraying) (Abstract painting)
Ink #8 (Fraying) (Abstract painting)

Ink #8 (Fraying) (Abstract painting)

By Emily Berger

Located in London, GB

Ink #8 (Fraying) (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 11” x 8.25 - 28 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths fr...

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2010s Abstract Emily Berger Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

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Find a wide variety of authentic Emily Berger drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of drawings and watercolor paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of red, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Emily Berger in paper, ink, paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Emily Berger drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 7 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Marcy Rosenblat, Dmitry Samygin, and Macyn Bolt. Emily Berger drawings and watercolor paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $600 and tops out at $929, while the average work can sell for $700.