Virginia Berresford (b. 1902, New Rochelle, NY - 1995, Martha's Vineyard, MA); painter, printmaker and art gallery owner. Her works are exhibited in major galleries. 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 and in Paris, with Amédée Ozenfant from 1925-30. In the 1950s, she opened an art gallery in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Berresford] At a young age Virginia Berresford cultivated a passion for New York’s rich and diverse cultural arts scene. She nurtured her love of museum- and concert- going throughout her long life. At the age of thirteen Virginia Berresford began to seriously study art and music. In 1921 she attended Wellesley College and then in 1923 went to Coumbia University Teacher’s College. While at Columbia she took drawying classes with George Bridgeman at the Art Students League. By the time Berresford was 20 she had begun to exhibit and sell her works. In her autobiography Berresford states that her goal with landscape painting was to simplify everything. Eliminate every detail that does not contribute to the design or to the interest of the composition as a whole. Everything in the painting must have its significance. In choosing the colors each color must relate to a mood and be treated strongly or delicately as needed for the final effect. As was true for most artists of this generation, Berresford made her way to Europe. Between 1925-30 she spent 4 years in Paris and became familiar with the work of many post impressionists including Van Gogh, Matisse and Vuillard. She studied with Amedée Ozenfant, one of the founders of Purism, a branch of modernism that embraced flat areas of color with no shading or modeling. Ozenfant used earth tones, believing that bright colors were fleeting, temporary.... [http://www.jlwcollection.com/jlwcollection.com/Virginia_Berresford.html] undefined

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