Biography: Carl Berman was born in New York City in 1915 and was interested in art from childhood. In 1934 he studied textile engineering at the Philadelphia Textile Institute. While working in Peru, he became intrigued with the ancient weaving techniques still practiced by the women of the Andes. It was then that he began his lifelong documentation of the People of the High Plateau, crisscrossing the world in search of these rich cultures in their hard scrabble settings, across continents, decades and through a world war. In addition to his paintings and diaries, he collected the costumes and artifacts he observed. In 1975, Carl Berman moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lived with his wife, Blanche, painting right up to his death in 1990. Blanche Berman, a writer and traveler in her own right, has consented to sell some of her husband's original oil paintings. She can be reached by e-mail for prices and more information about the paintings shown here, and others she may decide from time to time to offer.