picture, never interfered with an overall joy of discovery through the act of painting. His approach was direct, his vision clear, and his paintings full of structural elegance, with the results a positive and optimistic expression. Collections Berger's work can be found in numerous private collections, as well as in the permanent collections of many institutions which include: Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Guggenheim Museum, New York City, folder list#000565; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Boston Sheraton, Boston Massachusetts; Chase National Bank, New York City; Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA ; Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA ; Rockefeller Medical Center, New York City, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; Simmons College, Boston, MA and Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA.; The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Exhibitions A prolific painter, Berger began exhibiting while still a student with Boris Mirski Gallery and Swetzoff Gallery, as well as the Institute of Modern Art (now Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston). The latter gave him a solo exhibition in 1950. The artist has also exhibited in a number of museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Modern Art, NYC ; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA; Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA; Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA. He has also exhibited widely in France, Mexico and Portugal. Notes References Lois Katz, The Paintings of Jason Berger, PharMa International, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, 1997, . ] Katherine French, Jason Berger - Directed Vision, Catalogue, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, 2008, OCLC# 407170520 ] Howard Posner, Jason Berger: At the Edge of the World, Howard Posner Productions, 1993, OCLC# 33383637 ] Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution DADABASE Museum of Modern Art Robert F. Brown, Interviews-Jason Berger 1979 Karl E. Fortess, Taped Interviews with Artists, 1963–1985, conducted by School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston University, under a contract with the Office of Education, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. June 1968, OCLC# 81173100 Joan Peterson Gallery, Jason Berger, paintings 1942-1962-Catalogue Joan Peterson Gallery, 1962, OCLC# 81582235 Hans Hoffman, Biography-4th paragraph; Accessed 03/12/2011 External links Jason Berger Web Site The Danforth Museum - Jason Berger: Directed Vision Art New England - Jason Berger: Boston Expressionist by Debbie Hagan