Berkshire artist Bart Elsbach is one of America’s premiere landscapists. Influenced by the Hudson River School and Dutch Golden Age painting, Elsbach’s beautifully lit works innovate on the Dutch Masters’ romantic Italianate landscape – revealing New England locales in new light. Born in 1961 and raised in Manhattan, Elsbach graduated from The Dalton School and went on to earn his Bachelors degree from Hamilton College. After attending the Art Students’ League of NY, he completed his MFA at New York University. Over the years Elsbach has shown in solo and group exhibitions nationally, and frequently in New England galleries. He also teaches, both through private instruction and at institutions such as the Berkshire School in Sheffield MA and at The Interlaken School of Art in Stockbridge.

Artist Statement:

"Although we seem desperate to distinguish ourselves from nature and hold ourselves removed, we cannot escape the deeper reality that we are a product of nature and tied to her inextricably. The river, as both a physical realty and powerful metaphor, is a limitless source of inspiration and solace. Despite our disrespect and disregard for her, she flows on patiently and powerfully."

-Bart Elsbach

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1997: Solo Exhibition Wheatleigh, Lenox, MA

1995: Solo Exhibition Canyon Ranch, Lenox, MA

1994: Solo Exhibition Chaiwalla, Sharon, CT

Solo Exhibition Cove Castles, Anguilla, BWI

1993: Solo Exhibition The Carnegie Library, Clarksdale, MS

1991: Solo Exhibition Berkshire Medical Plaza, Great Barrington, MA

1988: Solo Exhibition The Barney Building, New York, NY

Solo Exhibition New York Society of Trading Analysts

Juried Shows:

Springfield Art League 1989, 1988

Sheffield Art League 1999 (Juror), 1992 (Award for Oil Painting), 1990, 1989, 1988

Pittsfield Art League 1988

Kent Art League 1993 (Juror), 1992 (Best in Show, Graphics), 1989, 1988

Commissions:

1996: Interlaken School of Arts

Sheffield Land Trust

Fellowships:

2002: Malilangwe Artists Trust, Zimbabwe

2001: World Views, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

Assistantships:

1987, 1986: Lamar Briggs, New York, NY

1987, 1986: Lisa Mackie, New York, NY

1987: Joseph Scorcello, New York, NY

1986: Idelle Weber, New York NY