In Living Color: The Art and Life of Henrietta Berk

Henrietta Berk (1919–1990) was a painter in the San Francisco Bay Area whose work was part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement taking place in the mid-20th century. Her oil paintings were noted for their strong colors and shapes. Berk attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland from 1955 to 1959, where she studied with Richard Diebenkorn and Harry Krell. Beginning in 1960, her artwork was exhibited at galleries and museums throughout California, including the San Francisco Museum of Art, Oakland Museum, de Young Museum, The Carter Gallery, and the de Saisset Museum. A retrospective exhibit of her work opened at The Hilbert Museum at Chapman University in 2021 in conjunction with this publication "In Living Color, The Art & Life of Henrietta Berk".