Mort Solberg and Terri Solberg
Morten E. Solberg
1935-2022
Born
Cleveland, Ohio
Education
West Technical High School
Cleveland Institute Of Art
Wife
Theresa Lee Lynch
Children
Morten Edward Jr.
Eric Edward Collander
Scott Christopher
Brandalyn Michelle
Monet Lorraine
Tauna Elizabeth
Membership
American Watercolor Society
National Watercolor Society
( First Vice President )
Society Of Animal Artists ---Master Signature Artist
Member American Society Of Marine Artists
Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic
Knickerbocker Artists
Artist Guild of The San Diego Museum of Art
Board Member Susan K. Black Foundation
The Bennington Collective • Founding Signature Member
Listed
Who’s Who Of International Biographies
Who’s Who In America
Who’s Who In American Art
Who’s Who In The West
Major Awards
American Watercolor Society (3)
Including the “High Winds Medal”
“Artist Of The Year” American Artist Magazine 1986
“Robert Kuhn Award “ National Museum of Wildlife Art 2009
National Academy Of Design ( Purchase Award )
For The National Art Gallery, Washington,DC
National Watercolor Society ( Ist Prize Purchase award )
“Award Of Excellance Medal” Society Of Animal Artists ( 6 times
( Society Of Animal Artists Established as a “Master Artist” 2008 )
Watercolor West (Transparent)
U.S.Art Magazine Elected into the “Hall Of Fame” 1986
California Bicentennial Purchase Award
Named a “Master Artist” by Wildlife Art Magazine 2000
“Arts For The Parks” $25,000 Grand Prize and Gold Medal-2005
Awarded Lifetime Master Membership in Society Of Master Impressionists-2007
Americas Parks I Honorable Mention 2013
Americas Parks II Award & Honorable Mention2014
First place “All Watercolor” 2015
Lifetime Achievement Award – Susan K. Black Foundation 2015
"World Of Watercolor" People's Choice Cash Award 2017
Magazine Articles & Covers
Southwest Art - May 1976
American Artist - October 1976
Art West - January 1984
Sports Afield - November 1985
American Artist - November 1986
Wildlife Art - May / June 1987 ( Cover )
Sporting Classic - November / December 1987
Watercolor - Fall 1990 ( Cover )
The Conservationist - January / February 1991
Informart - January / February 1992
Sporting Classic - September / October 1992
Southwest Art - October 1992
Wildlife Art - November / December 1992
U.S. Art - Hall Of Fame - July / August 1993
Informart - November / December 1993
Informart - November / December 1994
Informart - Fall 1998
Gray’s Sporting Journal - October 1999 ( Cover )
Wildlife Art - May / June 2001 Named “Master Artist”
Southwest Art - June 2001
Wildlife Art Magazine - May/June 2004 ( Cover )
Wildlife Art Magazine – January – February 2007
Wildlife Art Magazine – November – December 2007
Wildlife Art Journal – Summer2010
Décor Norway – April May 2013
Art Of Watercolor French - June - 2014
The Art Of Watercolor English – December - 2014
Artists For Conservation Annual Exhibition Book Cover- 2015
Cover & Article Hilton Head Monthly -June 2019
Cover & Article Bluffton Monthly -June 2019
Books
Contemporary Western Artists – Peggy &
Harold Samuels - 1982
Exploring Color - Nita Leland - 1991
On Wings Of Eagles - Col Springer - 1994
More Wildlife Painting - Susan Rayfield - 1996
Natural Habitat - Spanierman Gallery – 1998
Taverns Of The Wild - 1999
Wildlife Art- 60 Contemporary Masters and Their Work
(by Joan Muyskens Pursley- 2001)
The Illustrated Owl (by Denny Rogers- 2008)
Painting in Acrylics: The Indispensable Guide,( by Lorena Kloosterboer 2014 )
The Journal • North American Falconers Association 2016
Western Art Collector May 2016
Masters Of Watercolour (Russia) -
By Konstantin Sterkhov
Collections
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum Of Art, WI
Smithsonian ( Photographs of my paintings ), DC
National Academy Of Design For The National Art Gallery, DC
The Natural World Museum Of Environmental art, CA
Dunnegan Museum Of Art, MO
Wildlife Experience Museum, CO
Bennington Center For The Arts, VT
Ella Sharp Museum Of Art & History, MO
Rockefeller collection
The Irvine Corporation Commission, CA
The White House, DC
Hunt Wesson foods
American Greetings Corporation, OH
Wildlife Art Magazine
Nicolaysen Art Museum
American Artists Magazine
Home Savings And Loan, CA
Colours Of South Africa Commission
National Park Academy Of The Arts
Marriott Corporation, CA
Mammoth Moving Corpporation, CA
Martin F. Weber Co
The Raymond James Museum, FL
Private Collections & Commissions
Galleries
Red Piano Art Gallery, Bluffton, SC
Reckie's Bayside Gallery, Big Fork, MT
Published
Limited Edition Prints Since 1977
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