Personal Statement: An interpretation of my work, which primarily consists of acrylics and
watercolors, is that the paintings may perhaps be characterized as “lyrical abstract.” That is, I
have tried to work in a free-flowing, unrestrained, light, and melodic manner, aiming for
harmony and spontaneity in color. I have attempted to perceive and to react, rather than to
describe and to identify.
Selected Exhibitions:
Alumnae Exhibition - Moore College of Art, 2002
Atlantic City Art Center, PWCS - 1998 _
Community Art Center, Wallingford PA, PWCS - 1997
Woodmere Art Museum, PWCA - 1981, 1982, 1987, 1995
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, PWCS - 1994
The Noyes Museum, PWCS - 1992
Port of History Museum, PWCS - 1988
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Faculty Art Exhibit - 1986
Port of History Museum, PWCS - 1985
First Bank of the United States, PWCS - 1984
Franklin Plaza, PWCS - 1983
Faculty Club, University of Pennsylvania - 1981
Designers Show House - 1980 ,
Gallery 500 Group show - 1980
Studio solo exhibition - 1979
Philadelphia Art Alliance - 1979
Philadelphia Women in the Fine Arts, Moore College of Art and Design - 1967
Awards:
Philadelphia Water Color Society, PWCS Crest Award, 1997
Philadelphia Water Color Society, Woodmere Art Museum, Best in Color Award, 1995
Philadelphia Water Color Society, Port of History Museum, Joan Stevenson Award, 1988
Philadelphia Water Color Society, Franklin Plaza, Dana Water Color Prize, 1983
Philadelphia Water Color Society, Woodmere Art Museum, Dana Water Color Prize,
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Philadelphia Water Color Society, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1979
John Sartain Fellowship, Moore College of Art, 1951
Publications:
Work illustrated in Charles Le Clair, The Art of Watercolor, Watson Guptill Publications,
1994 and revised edition, 1999
Education:
Moore College of Art and Design, 1947-1951
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1978
Contact:
314 Willings Alley
Philadelphia PA 19106
215-923-7437
mhamburg @wha1ton.upenn.edu
