John Berninger: A Late Bloom in the Shadow of Early Modernism Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1897, John Berninger’s artistic journey was a remarkably late one, blossoming fully only in his late twenties. This delay, coupled with a deep immersion in the burgeoning art scene of the early 20th century, shaped a distinctive style characterized by meticulous detail and an unsettling exploration of decay and the passage of time – a sensibility that positioned him as a significant, though often overlooked, figure within the broader context of American Modernism. Berninger’s life was marked by…