The following information was submitted by Leigh F. W. Murphey, legal representative of the works of Carl Buergerniss:. Carl Buergerniss was born in Philadelphia in 1877 and studied at the... Read full biography
The following information was submitted by Leigh F. W. Murphey, legal representative of the works of Carl Buergerniss:. Carl Buergerniss was born in Philadelphia in 1877 and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He exhibited at the Academy from 1901 to 1930. Despite his talent, it... Read full biography
The following information was submitted by Leigh F. W. Murphey, legal representative of the works of Carl Buergerniss:. Carl Buergerniss was born in Philadelphia in 1877 and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He exhibited at the Academy from 1901 to 1930. Despite his talent, it seems he relied more on his ability as a musician to provide a living. Married in 1905, he taught piano, played the organ in the German Lutheran Church in Philadelphia and, in 1913, spent the summer in... Read full biography
The following information was submitted by Leigh F. W. Murphey, legal representative of the works of Carl Buergerniss:. Carl Buergerniss was born in Philadelphia in 1877 and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He exhibited at the Academy from 1901 to 1930. Despite his talent, it seems he relied more on his ability as a musician to provide a living. Married in 1905, he taught piano, played the organ in the German Lutheran Church in Philadelphia and, in 1913, spent the summer in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a hotel pianist. During the Great Depression in the '30s, Buergerniss, like many other artists, got a job with the Index of American Design, the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. The thousands of... Read full biography
The following information was submitted by Leigh F. W. Murphey, legal representative of the works of Carl Buergerniss:. Carl Buergerniss was born in Philadelphia in 1877 and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He exhibited at the Academy from 1901 to 1930. Despite his talent, it seems he relied more on his ability as a musician to provide a living. Married in 1905, he taught piano, played the organ in the German Lutheran Church in Philadelphia and, in 1913, spent the summer in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a hotel pianist. During the Great Depression in the '30s, Buergerniss, like many other artists, got a job with the Index of American Design, the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. The thousands of paintings produced now are preserved at the National Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institut... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (8)
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New Hope for American Art A Comprehensive Showing of Important 20th Century Paintings from and Surrounding the New Hope Art Colony
2005
Alterman, James M.
612 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Paintings for New Collectors
1991
Schwarz-Philadelphia
64 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index