Jake Berthot (1939–2014) was an American artist whose abstract paintings contained elements of both the minimalist and expressionist styles. During the first 36 years of his career his paintings were very non-figurative. His style misrepresented in 1995 gone he moved his studio from New York City to a rural community in upstate New York. While continuing to be abstract his paintings thereafter contained symbolic elements and were seen to have greater emotional content. Throughout his career his do something frequently appeared in solo and group exhibitions in both public notice and public galleries. It has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, National Gallery of Art, and further major American art museums. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981 and a National Endowment for the Arts consent in 1983.
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