Vera Berdich
Born1915 (1915)
Cicero, Illinois, US
DiedOctober 12, 2003
Chicago, Illinois, US
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago
Known forprintmaker

Vera Berdich (1915 – October 12, 2003) was an American printmaker.[1]

Life

Berdich worked for the Works Progress Administration at Hull House.[2] She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a B.A. in 1946 and taught etching there from 1947 to 1979.[3] She was an influence on the Chicago Imagists group.[4]

Berdich's papers are held at the Archives of American Art.[5] She was also known under the names Veronica Berdich, Veronika Berdich and Veronica Berdick.[6][2]

Collections

Berdich's works are held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum,[7] the Seattle Art Museum,[8] the Library of Congress,[9] Smithsonian Institution,[6] Museum of Modern Art,[10] and the Art Institute of Chicago.[11]

Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Vera Berdich's Obituary on Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  2. 1 2 Vera Berdich, Illinois Women Artists Project, online at Internet Archive
  3. ↑ "Corbett vs. Dempsey". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  4. ↑ Warner Rotzoll, Brenda (October 17, 2003). "Vera Berdich, 88, artist who was major influence on Imagists". Chicago Sun Times: 75 – via NewsBank.
  5. ↑ "Vera Berdich papers, 1947-1989".
  6. 1 2 "Vera Berdich | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Time being day by day | Berdich, Vera | V&A Search the Collections". collections.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  8. ↑ "Vera Berdich – Artists – eMuseum".
  9. ↑ "Search Results: "vera berdich" - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  10. ↑ "Vera Berdich | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  11. ↑ "Berdich, Vera | The Art Institute of Chicago". www.artic.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  12. ↑ "Artist Vera Berdich surely is one of".
  13. ↑ "Printworks Gallery". www.printworkschicago.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  14. ↑ "Chicago Stories: Prints and H. C. Westermann—See America First | The Art Institute of Chicago". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  15. ↑ Vera Berdich at Artslant
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