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1881 Cleveland, Ohio - 1975 Pebble Beach, California. Known for: Landscape and genre painting, printmaking.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este. In 1907, he headed West with the intention of becoming a desert... Read full biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este. In 1907, he headed West with the intention of becoming a desert landscape painter. He lived in box cars with railroad builders on the stretch of line between Yuma and... Read full biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este. In 1907, he headed West with the intention of becoming a desert landscape painter. He lived in box cars with railroad builders on the stretch of line between Yuma and Calexico and traveling by wagon or horseback, accompanied surveyors on many trips into the desert. Of this time he wrote: "There were such exciting things to see and paint, undisturbed by a single... Read full biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este. In 1907, he headed West with the intention of becoming a desert landscape painter. He lived in box cars with railroad builders on the stretch of line between Yuma and Calexico and traveling by wagon or horseback, accompanied surveyors on many trips into the desert. Of this time he wrote: "There were such exciting things to see and paint, undisturbed by a single human within miles" (Widening Horizons). He also worked for a period in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he painted the sandy wastes near Albuquerque in the region known as the Sandia. He then moved to California where he was an illustrator for The Sunset... Read full biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este. In 1907, he headed West with the intention of becoming a desert landscape painter. He lived in box cars with railroad builders on the stretch of line between Yuma and Calexico and traveling by wagon or horseback, accompanied surveyors on many trips into the desert. Of this time he wrote: "There were such exciting things to see and paint, undisturbed by a single human within miles" (Widening Horizons). He also worked for a period in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he painted the sandy wastes near Albuquerque in the region known as the Sandia. He then moved to California where he was an illustrator for The Sunset magazine, then a new publication. Many of the paintings he had made earlier were reproduced in t... Read full biography
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Keywords (50)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Desert Landscape
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Poppies and Lupines, Floral Landscape
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
- •Yosemite National Park
Art Association
- •Bohemian Club
- •Carmel Art Association
Art School
- •Cleveland School of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •J.L Hubbell Collection, Arizona
- •Picerne Arizona Landmark Collection
- •Santa Fe Railroad Commissioned Art
- •Walter Bimson Western Art Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Yosemite Park Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Edgar B Davis Competition, Texas
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Carmel Art Association-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC