John Hultberg

American, (1922–2005)

Hultberg is noted for his moody, partially abstract landscapes and ambiguous scenes containing figurative elements. Hultberg attended Fresno State College, graduating in 1943. During World War II, he was a Navy lieutenant. After the war, his education at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) (now the San Francisco Art Institute) was funded by the G.I. Bill. He studied under Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still. He, Richard Diebenkorn, James Budd Dixon, Walter Kuhlman, Frank Lobdell, and George Stillman created a portfolio of 17 lithographs. This 1948 portfolio, titled Drawings, has been acknowledged as a landmark in Abstract Expressionist printmaking. The group has been referred to as "The Sausalito Six," because most, lived in Sausalito, north of San Francisco. While attending the Art Students League in New York, he was included in a 1952 exhibition of new talent at the Museum of Modern Art. Hultberg died in New York City in 2005.