Burden's gardens, including those at Windrush, his family home, showcase Steele Burden's signature design style, which emphasized the creation of garden rooms and used sculpture and plantings to draw... Read full biography
Burden's gardens, including those at Windrush, his family home, showcase Steele Burden's signature design style, which emphasized the creation of garden rooms and used sculpture and plantings to draw the eye. Born in Louisiana, Ollie Brice Steele Burden, known as Steele, grew up in Baton Rouge... Read full biography
Burden's gardens, including those at Windrush, his family home, showcase Steele Burden's signature design style, which emphasized the creation of garden rooms and used sculpture and plantings to draw the eye. Born in Louisiana, Ollie Brice Steele Burden, known as Steele, grew up in Baton Rouge while spending weekends on his family’s 600-acre farm, Windrush Plantation. As an adult, Burden moved onto the Windrush property permanently. There, inspired by travels in Europe, he began his first... Read full biography
Burden's gardens, including those at Windrush, his family home, showcase Steele Burden's signature design style, which emphasized the creation of garden rooms and used sculpture and plantings to draw the eye. Born in Louisiana, Ollie Brice Steele Burden, known as Steele, grew up in Baton Rouge while spending weekends on his family’s 600-acre farm, Windrush Plantation. As an adult, Burden moved onto the Windrush property permanently. There, inspired by travels in Europe, he began his first experiments with garden design, creating a small formal garden in the 1920s. Although he never earned a degree in landscape architecture, Burden took courses at Louisiana State University before working for the City of Baton Rouge. In the 1920s, he... Read full biography
Burden's gardens, including those at Windrush, his family home, showcase Steele Burden's signature design style, which emphasized the creation of garden rooms and used sculpture and plantings to draw the eye. Born in Louisiana, Ollie Brice Steele Burden, known as Steele, grew up in Baton Rouge while spending weekends on his family’s 600-acre farm, Windrush Plantation. As an adult, Burden moved onto the Windrush property permanently. There, inspired by travels in Europe, he began his first experiments with garden design, creating a small formal garden in the 1920s. Although he never earned a degree in landscape architecture, Burden took courses at Louisiana State University before working for the City of Baton Rouge. In the 1920s, he designed the plantings for City Park, and later became its Superintendent. In 1930, he became landscape architect for Louisiana State Universi... Read full biography
Steele (Ollie Brice) Burden - Artist Info
About Steele (Ollie Brice) Burden: Books
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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