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1876 Middletown, Connecticut - 1939 Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for: Intense colored landscape and figure painting.
George Brainerd Burr. (1876 – 1939). George Brainerd Burr was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1876, the son of a prominent and successful banker. After his education there, he traveled to Berlin... Read full biography
George Brainerd Burr. (1876 – 1939). George Brainerd Burr was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1876, the son of a prominent and successful banker. After his education there, he traveled to Berlin to study architecture and later figure and landscape painting at the Berlin Academy. Later, he... Read full biography
George Brainerd Burr. (1876 – 1939). George Brainerd Burr was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1876, the son of a prominent and successful banker. After his education there, he traveled to Berlin to study architecture and later figure and landscape painting at the Berlin Academy. Later, he traveled to Munich where he enrolled in the Munich Academy of Fine Art. After several years in Germany and the Low Countries, Burr and his wife, Lucretia Phinney lived near Volendam, Holland, spending... Read full biography
George Brainerd Burr. (1876 – 1939). George Brainerd Burr was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1876, the son of a prominent and successful banker. After his education there, he traveled to Berlin to study architecture and later figure and landscape painting at the Berlin Academy. Later, he traveled to Munich where he enrolled in the Munich Academy of Fine Art. After several years in Germany and the Low Countries, Burr and his wife, Lucretia Phinney lived near Volendam, Holland, spending their winters on the Island of Capri, off the southern coast of Italy. Burr eventually moved to Paris to study at the Colarossi Academy. In Paris, Burr met and viewed the work of Claude Monet who exerted a profound influence on the younger American... Read full biography
George Brainerd Burr. (1876 – 1939). George Brainerd Burr was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1876, the son of a prominent and successful banker. After his education there, he traveled to Berlin to study architecture and later figure and landscape painting at the Berlin Academy. Later, he traveled to Munich where he enrolled in the Munich Academy of Fine Art. After several years in Germany and the Low Countries, Burr and his wife, Lucretia Phinney lived near Volendam, Holland, spending their winters on the Island of Capri, off the southern coast of Italy. Burr eventually moved to Paris to study at the Colarossi Academy. In Paris, Burr met and viewed the work of Claude Monet who exerted a profound influence on the younger American painter. Burr eventually returned to the United States after this fourteen year education where he studied painting and etch... Read full biography
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Keywords (39)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Aquatint
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Florida Before 1945
- •France After 1900
- •Germany Before 1900
- •Old Lyme, Connecticut
Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America-
- •Lyme Art Association, Connecticut
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
- •Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Royal Academy, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Berlin (Prussian) Academy of Fine, Applied Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Old Lyme Artist Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Adler Fine Art, New York
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Lyme Art Association-Connecticut
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Independent Artists--