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1905 Kalida, Ohio - 1969 Columbus, Ohio. Known for: Modernist town-landscape and figure painting, social realism.
Emerson Burkhart was born near Kalida, Ohio in 1905. He studied at the Art Student's League and then went to Provincetown where he took instruction from Charles Hawthorne. In 1931 he returned to the... Read full biography
Emerson Burkhart was born near Kalida, Ohio in 1905. He studied at the Art Student's League and then went to Provincetown where he took instruction from Charles Hawthorne. In 1931 he returned to the Midwest and taught at the Columbus, Ohio School of Art. He was an early member of the Ohio Art... Read full biography
Emerson Burkhart was born near Kalida, Ohio in 1905. He studied at the Art Student's League and then went to Provincetown where he took instruction from Charles Hawthorne. In 1931 he returned to the Midwest and taught at the Columbus, Ohio School of Art. He was an early member of the Ohio Art League. He was primarily an American Scene painter, although he painted in both impressionist and post-impressionist styles. He documented African-American Life in Columbus that recalls the canvases of... Read full biography
Emerson Burkhart was born near Kalida, Ohio in 1905. He studied at the Art Student's League and then went to Provincetown where he took instruction from Charles Hawthorne. In 1931 he returned to the Midwest and taught at the Columbus, Ohio School of Art. He was an early member of the Ohio Art League. He was primarily an American Scene painter, although he painted in both impressionist and post-impressionist styles. He documented African-American Life in Columbus that recalls the canvases of Ivan Le Lorraine Albright. He received two WPA mural commissions and after the death of his wife traveled as Artist in Residence for the American International School. Exhibition note:. His work was represented at the April 13-June 17, 1995 exhibition... Read full biography
Emerson Burkhart was born near Kalida, Ohio in 1905. He studied at the Art Student's League and then went to Provincetown where he took instruction from Charles Hawthorne. In 1931 he returned to the Midwest and taught at the Columbus, Ohio School of Art. He was an early member of the Ohio Art League. He was primarily an American Scene painter, although he painted in both impressionist and post-impressionist styles. He documented African-American Life in Columbus that recalls the canvases of Ivan Le Lorraine Albright. He received two WPA mural commissions and after the death of his wife traveled as Artist in Residence for the American International School. Exhibition note:. His work was represented at the April 13-June 17, 1995 exhibition "Midwest Realities:Regional Painting 1920-1950", at the Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, organized by the... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art Teacher
- •Charles Hawthorne
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts