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An example of work by Ralph Edward Oberg
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  The following is from the artist who was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, raised in Aurora, Colorado, and currently lives in Montrose, Colorado. He attended Colorado State University from 1968 to 1970, and from 1972 to 1973, the Seible School of Drafting in Denver, completing two diploma programs:
"The wild mountain country has always been close to Ralph Oberg's heart. An avid mountaineer and wilderness backpacker, he has traveled extensively in the back country of the Western states in search of the pristine landscape and the wildlife that live there. His art career has always focused on his love for the untrammeled country.
Raised in colorado the young man always knew he would be an artist. The freedom to move about and enjoy the wonders of the world fit his temperament. After a brief stint in commercial illustration, Oberg began to support himself with his paintings. Wildlife dominated his interest for over 10 years. Repeated appearances at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson "Birds in Art" show in the early 80s' and election to the Society of Animal Artists were high points in his young career. The works of Rungius, Liljefors and Kuhnert inspired his development. Rungius's field sketches pointed out the need for on-the-spot references.
So in 1987, Oberg changed horses in mid-stream. He began to study with some of the contemporary plein-air masters of today including Wolfe, Aspevig, Chmiel and Whitcomb. For the past decade he has focused on painting the landscape on location as a means of learning the colors and values of the world, and how to capture a sense of the moment and place. Recently, animal subjects have begun to reappear in Oberg's work, combining his natural drawing ability and accumulated knowledge of animals with a more impressionistic painting technique. Today Ralph and his wife, painter Shirley Novak, sketch the beauty they find near and far and then develop their larger works in their studio and home in Southwest Colorado.
Oberg is a Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of America.
Oberg received the Weiss Award at the 1988 Buffalo Bill Show in Cody with the work included in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center's permanent collection. Another large landscape hangs permanently in the House Chambers of the Colorado State Capitol building. In addition his works have been exhibited at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the LA County Natural History Museum, the Loveland Museum, and the International Center for Wildlife Art in Britain. Feature articles on Oberg's work have appeared in ART OF THE WEST, SOUTHWEST ART, AND WILDLIFE ART NEWS. | |
Biography from Altermann Galleries and Auctioneers, V:
| Ralph Oberg grew up hiking, camping, hunting, and climbing in the high
mountain wilderness of Colorado. His love of the wild country and the
animals that live there has directed his life choices and is the reason
he is an artist today. His goal is to share his experiences garnered
during his numerous wilderness trips from Alaska to Arizona, California
to Colorado.
After brief stints at Colorado State University
and in commercial illustration, Oberg began painting birds and mammals
during the 1970s and ‘80s, with repeated appearances at the Birds in
Art Show at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin.
His appreciation for Rungius’s work led to the realization that only by
painting outdoors could he learn the light and color of the
world. So for a dozen years in midcareer he focused almost
exclusively on painting plein-air landscapes. He now has brought
that education back into the studio to refocus on his first love: the
wild animals of the American wilderness in their appropriate
habitats. Oberg now travels extensively, sketching and
photographing on-site and producing larger works in his studio in
Montrose, Colorado, where he and his wife, painter Shirley Novak, live
within sight of his beloved San Juan Mountains.
Oberg’s work
is in numerous private and corporate collections as well as the Buffalo
Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, as a past recipient of the Bill
Weiss Purchase Award, and in the House of Representatives Chambers of
the Colorado State Capitol, Denver. This is his 11th year at the
Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale. He has
also exhibited at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum,
Oklahoma City; the Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana; and the
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming.
Oberg is a
member of the Society of Animal Artists, Plein-Air Painters of America,
and the Northwest Rendezvous Group. His work has appeared in Art of the
West, Southwest Art, Sporting Classics, and Wildlife Art magazines.
Source:
Masters of the West Show, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA |
Biography from Trailside Galleries - WY:
|  Ralph Oberg was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, raised in Aurora, Colorado, and currently (2005) resides in the Southwest region of Colorado. He attended Colorado State University, and the Seibel School of Drafting in Denver. After a brief stint in commercial illustration, Oberg began to support himself with his paintings. Wildlife dominated his interest for over 10 years.
In 1987, Oberg changed his artistic direction and began to study with some of the contemporary plein-air masters of today including Wayne Wolfe, Clyde Aspevig, and Len Chmiel. For the past decade he has focused on plein-air painting as a means of learning the colors and values of the world, and how to capture a sense of the moment and place. Recently, animal subjects have begun to reappear in Oberg's work, combining his natural drawing ability and accumulated knowledge of animals with a more impressionistic painting technique.
Repeated appearances at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson "Birds in Art" show in the early 80s' and election to the Society of Animal Artists were high points in his young career. Oberg is a Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of America and the Northwest Rendezvous Groups. Oberg was the recipient of the Weiss Award at the 1988 Buffalo Bill Show in Cody. The painting was included in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center's permanent collection. Another large landscape hangs permanently in the House Chambers of the Colorado State Capitol building.
In addition his works have been exhibited at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA: the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum; The National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY; the LA County Natural History Museum, the Loveland Museum, and the International Center for Wildlife Art in Britain. In 2004, Ralph was invited to participate in the prestigious Prix de West. He has been featured numerous times in fine art magazines such as “Southwest Art”, “Wildlife Art Magazine” and “Art of the West”. |
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Ralph Oberg is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
The California Art Club
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