Biography from Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum:
| Born at Canadian, Bernson studied under Isabel Robinson at West Texas
State College (now West Texas A & M University) and at the Palo
Duro School of Art. He won first prize for non-objective painting
at the 1941 Tri-State Fair at Amarillo before joining the U. S. Army
Air Corps.
Bernson served in the European Theater as crew chief on a B-26.
After World War II, he held his first solo exhibition at Canadian in
1948. Continuing his studies at the Farnsworth School of Art and
the Amagansette Art School, both at Sarasota, Florida, Bernson
completed his academic training at the Cranbrook Academy of Art at
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
After working as a commercial artist at New York City in 1956 and
1957--where his clients included International and General
Electric-Bernson returned to Canadian, completing commissions in easel
painting, metal sculpture, interior design, and architecture throughout
the Panhandle.
He exhibited his work in group exhibitions in Michigan, New York City,
Chicago, Kansas City, and Youngstown, Ohio. He also had solo
exhibitions at Sarasota, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Canyon, Canadian, and
Pampa. |
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