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ED OBERBECK
born 1951
Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. ARTISTS OF UTAH. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999: 189.
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BiographyThis painter of delightful fantasies was born in Woodriver, Illinois, but went to high school and El Camino Community College in Torrance, California. Transferring to Brigham Young University, he graduated from that institution in 1976 before entering the University of Utah's M.F.A. program. It was there, from 1979 to '81, that Oberbeck developed a "magical" and immensely enjoyable view of city life that is filled with lyrical charm. Indebted to none of his professors in the creation of this particular apprehension of such an environment, today this talented and successful oil painter and watercolorist lives in Salt Lake City with his wife, fellow artist Christina Darais Oberbeck (q.v.). (b. December 27)
Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. ARTISTS OF UTAH. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999: 189.