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George Henry Burgess AUCTION RECORDS
1831 London, England - 1905 Berkeley, California. Known for: Topographic landscape, portrait, lithographer.
Primarily known as a California painter, George Henry Burgess was from a large family of artists. A long-time resident of San Francisco, he also made periodic visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Born in... Read full biography
Primarily known as a California painter, George Henry Burgess was from a large family of artists. A long-time resident of San Francisco, he also made periodic visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Born in London in 1831, he studied at the Somerset House School of Design in London, and worked in a... Read full biography
Primarily known as a California painter, George Henry Burgess was from a large family of artists. A long-time resident of San Francisco, he also made periodic visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Born in London in 1831, he studied at the Somerset House School of Design in London, and worked in a lithography shop in the city. The California Gold Rush attracted George's two brothers, Charles and Edward, and in 1850 he and his older brother, William, joined them there. However, he and William soon... Read full biography
Primarily known as a California painter, George Henry Burgess was from a large family of artists. A long-time resident of San Francisco, he also made periodic visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Born in London in 1831, he studied at the Somerset House School of Design in London, and worked in a lithography shop in the city. The California Gold Rush attracted George's two brothers, Charles and Edward, and in 1850 he and his older brother, William, joined them there. However, he and William soon turned from mining to running a jewelry store in Sonoma. Charles and Edward Burgess lived in Honolulu for various periods; Charles working as a photographer and portrait painter, and Edward as an agent selling his siblings' artwork and running a coffee... Read full biography
Primarily known as a California painter, George Henry Burgess was from a large family of artists. A long-time resident of San Francisco, he also made periodic visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Born in London in 1831, he studied at the Somerset House School of Design in London, and worked in a lithography shop in the city. The California Gold Rush attracted George's two brothers, Charles and Edward, and in 1850 he and his older brother, William, joined them there. However, he and William soon turned from mining to running a jewelry store in Sonoma. Charles and Edward Burgess lived in Honolulu for various periods; Charles working as a photographer and portrait painter, and Edward as an agent selling his siblings' artwork and running a coffee shop. George Burgess made three trips to Hawaii, the first and longest being in 1855, and he re... Read full biography
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