Dorothy Berge (American, 1923-2009), Untitled, 1978, Minimalist Sculpture

aluminum and copper, ink signed and dated to underside.
29 1/4 x 12 x 12 in
Known for her large abstract welded metalwork sculptures, artist Dorothy Berge was born in Ottawa, Illinois. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in 1945 from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where she developed her interest in sculpture. She also attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and earned a Master's Degree in Visual Arts from Georgia State University in Atlanta.

High Museum. Among other prized works are an abstract mythological classical sculpture that stands at the corner of Peachtree and 14th streets in Atlanta.

Berge's sculptures have graced halls at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Dulin Gallery in Knoxville, Tenn., and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. She won a First Award for a bronze sculpture called "Budding Plant" at the MIA's 40th annual Local Artists Exhibition in 1955. One of her bronze and copper statues, "Moses," was on display in the late 1950s at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Berge fulfilled a lifelong dream of running her own gallery. In the early 1990s, she moved to Stillwater and opened the Dorothy Berge Gallery, where she featured her own work along with paintings and works by artists from the St. Croix Valley.

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Some looseness to upright forms; copper sheeting elements with minor separation to aluminum.