Genia Berger

Genia Berger was an Israeli painter, ceramicist, scenographer and costume designer (1907–2000). She was born at Kharkiv and died at Tel Aviv.

Genia Berger in brief

Born
1907
Died
2000
Known for
painter, ceramicist, scenographer and costume designer
Place of birth
Kharkiv
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Catalogued works

8 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1919 to 1966.

Relief, dated 1966. King and Queen, dated 1966. King and Queen figure, dated 1959, held by Eretz Israel Museum, inventory MHP66.2015. And thy children shall return to their own border, dated 1961. The Tribe, dated 1960, graphite with black crayon on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.123. Sample (Furnishing Fabric), dated 1919/33, cellophane, plain weave, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.1050. Sample (Upholstry Fabric), dated 1919/33, cellophane and cotton, warp-float faced float weave backed by weft-float faced twill weave of supplementary warps and wefts, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.1052. Sample (Upholstery Fabric), dated 1919/33, cellophane, weft band, weft-float faced broken reversed twill weave, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.1051.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

Eretz Israel Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Open Library.

Genia Berger (1977) — Open Library.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 21 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1907Genia Berger born at Kharkiv.
  2. 1919Sample (Furnishing Fabric) (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  3. 1959King and Queen figure (Eretz Israel Museum).
  4. 1960The Tribe (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 1961And thy children shall return to their own border.
  6. 1966Relief.
  7. 1966King and Queen.
  8. 1977Genia Berger digitised by Open Library.
  9. 2000Genia Berger died at Tel Aviv.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library, catalogue records for “Genia Berger”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Genia Berger.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  3. 3.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6656712: Genia Berger

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  4. 4.

    “Genia Berger”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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