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Mr. Hultberg made a name for himself in the 1950s with powerful landscapes, fractured into slabs under ominous horizons; multiplicities of bizarre, huddled shapes; and dense, semiabstract urban wastelands dappled with harsh brilliance and vague human touches. Their air of mystery and forceful use of
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At first, having been swept up by the natural beauty of the island, I found myself copying the landscape – something I had never done before. As time went on, I began to distill the spirit of the island into my 'invented' panoramas... The quality of swiftly changing light, atmospheric conditions,
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and was a full-time resident in New York by 1990. He taught until the week of his death at the Art
Students League. His work was part of a group show at Aucocisco in Portland in February 2005, at which time he was living in New York City.
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at The Artist's Club in New York. Artists there discussed abstract expressionism. Drexler and
Hultberg were married and three years traveled and lived in Mexico, the West Coast and Hawaii. Then, they lived at New York's
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Seeking a relaxing environment, the couple bought a house off the coast of Maine on
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His paintings were influenced by his time spent at
Monhegan Island, and his career thrived after he moved to Portland. His work was shown in many galleries, including the
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has been acknowledged as a landmark in
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water patterns, as well as imagery inspired by the island – lobster boats, traps, ropes, kerosene lamps and the like – seeped into my paintings.
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in a show of new artists. He lived for one year in Paris between 1954 and 1955 and gained a reputation there for his work. In 1955 he won the
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invented landscapes with "linear perspectives and angular shapes." Hultberg was described as an
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of the city. He had a son named Carl R. Hultberg and Elaine
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color earned him awards at exhibitions that began in the 1950s and continued for five decades.
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Vagabondage, a Paris
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Hultberg was first married to Hilary Blech. In 1961 Hultberg met fellow artist
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paintings that were minimalist and dark, and also made
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