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He studied painting at the [[Art Student's League]], New York, in 1942, where he was exposed to the [[surrealism]] movement and experimental film-making. It was here he met his future first wife, Kathleen Lambing (more famous as Kathleen Haven, the name she took after her second marriage), who taught him photography.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
He studied painting at the [[Art Student's League]], New York, in 1942, where he was exposed to the [[surrealism]] movement and experimental film-making. It was here he met his future first wife, Kathleen Lambing (more famous as Kathleen Haven, the name she took after her second marriage), who taught him photography.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


To support his painting, Telberg traveled from [[Florida]] to [[Massachusetts]], printing photographs of nightclub patrons and working at photographic concession stands where people posed with cutouts of celebrities. In 1945, he returned to New York and produced narrative, surrealist photographs using sandwiched, bleached or burned negatives and [[double exposure]] within the camera. His later work evolved to large scale, scroll-like multiple images.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ogard|first=Anita|title=Val Telberg|url=http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/mfa/ideaphotographic/artists_telberg.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409003824/http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/mfa/ideaphotographic/artists_telberg.html|archive-date=2008-04-09|access-date=2009-02-10|website=[[Museum of New Mexico]]}}</ref>
For his first professional job in photography, Telberg traveled from [[Florida]] to [[Massachusetts]], printing photographs of nightclub patrons and working at photographic concession stands where people posed with cutouts of celebrities.<ref name=":2" /> In 1945, he returned to New York and produced narrative, surrealist photographs using sandwiched, bleached or burned negatives and [[double exposure]] within the camera. His later work evolved to large scale, scroll-like multiple images.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Ogard|first=Anita|title=Val Telberg|url=http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/mfa/ideaphotographic/artists_telberg.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409003824/http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/mfa/ideaphotographic/artists_telberg.html|archive-date=2008-04-09|access-date=2009-02-10|website=[[Museum of New Mexico]]}}</ref>


In 1987, he had a [[Retrospective|retrospective exhibition]] at the [[Museum of Contemporary Photography]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Val Telberg: Recent Works in Photomontage|url=https://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/1980/7/val-telberg--recent-works-in-photomontage.php|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Museum of Contemporary Photography}}</ref> His work is held by the [[Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Val Telberg. Seine. 1952-54|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/195919|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en}}</ref> the [[J. Paul Getty Museum|J. Paul Getty Museum,]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Val Telberg (American, born Russia, 1910 - 1995)|url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1764/val-telberg-american-born-russia-1910-1995/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|language=en}}</ref> the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art|San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Telberg, Val|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Val_Telberg/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=SFMOMA|language=en-US}}</ref> and the [[Whitney Museum|Whitney Museum of American Art.]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Val Telberg {{!}} Portrait of Kathleen Haven|url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/9391|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Whitney Museum of American Art|language=en}}</ref>
In 1987, he had a [[Retrospective|retrospective exhibition]] at the [[Museum of Contemporary Photography]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Val Telberg: Recent Works in Photomontage|url=https://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/1980/7/val-telberg--recent-works-in-photomontage.php|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Museum of Contemporary Photography}}</ref> His work is held by the [[Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Val Telberg. Seine. 1952-54|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/195919|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en}}</ref> the [[J. Paul Getty Museum|J. Paul Getty Museum,]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Val Telberg (American, born Russia, 1910 - 1995)|url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1764/val-telberg-american-born-russia-1910-1995/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|language=en}}</ref> the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art|San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Telberg, Val|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Val_Telberg/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=SFMOMA|language=en-US}}</ref> and the [[Whitney Museum|Whitney Museum of American Art.]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Val Telberg {{!}} Portrait of Kathleen Haven|url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/9391|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Whitney Museum of American Art|language=en}}</ref>

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Val Telberg
BornFebruary 14, 1910
Moscow, Russia
Known forpainting, photography
Movementsurrealism

Val Telberg (born Vladimir Telberg-von-Teleheim on February 14, 1910 in Moscow, Russia; died 1995, Southampton, New York) was a Russian-American artist best know for his photomontages.

Biography

His family moved to China in 1918 and he spent most of his youth there.[1] He received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Wittenberg College in 1932.[1] He returned to China, but would emigrate to the United States in 1938.[1]

He studied painting at the Art Student's League, New York, in 1942, where he was exposed to the surrealism movement and experimental film-making. It was here he met his future first wife, Kathleen Lambing (more famous as Kathleen Haven, the name she took after her second marriage), who taught him photography.[1][2]

For his first professional job in photography, Telberg traveled from Florida to Massachusetts, printing photographs of nightclub patrons and working at photographic concession stands where people posed with cutouts of celebrities.[3] In 1945, he returned to New York and produced narrative, surrealist photographs using sandwiched, bleached or burned negatives and double exposure within the camera. His later work evolved to large scale, scroll-like multiple images.[3]

In 1987, he had a retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.[4] His work is held by the Museum of Modern Art,[5] the J. Paul Getty Museum,[6] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[7] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hostetler, Lisa (2018-06-10). "Val Telberg". International Center of Photography. Retrieved 2022-01-13. Cites: Handy et al. Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography Collection, New York: Bulfinch Press in association with the International Center of Photography, 1999, p. 229.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Val Telberg | Portrait of Kathleen Haven". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2022-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Ogard, Anita. "Val Telberg". Museum of New Mexico. Archived from the original on 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  4. ^ "Val Telberg: Recent Works in Photomontage". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Retrieved 2022-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Val Telberg. Seine. 1952-54". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Val Telberg (American, born Russia, 1910 - 1995)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 2022-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Telberg, Val". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
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