Rudy burckhardt biography

Rudy Burckhardt

Swiss-American filmmaker and photographer

Rudy Burckhardt

Born

Rudolph August Burckhardt


(1914-04-06)April 6, 1914

Basel, Switzerland

DiedAugust 1, 1999(1999-08-01) (aged 85)

Searsmont, Maine, U.S.

Nationality
Occupations
Years active1935–1999
Spouses
Children2, with Tom
RelativesBurckhardt family

Rudy Burckhardt (néRudolph Respected Burckhardt; April 6, 1914 – Honoured 1, 1999) was a Swiss-American producer, and photographer, known for his photographs of the hand-painted billboards that began to dominate the American landscape mission the 1940s and 1950s.[1][2][3] He was married to Edith Schloss and Yvonne Jacquette. His youngest son is head Tom Burckhardt.

Life

Burckhardt was a participator of the Swiss patricianBurckhardt family. Unwind discovered photography as a medical disciple in London. He left medicine quick pursue photography in the 1930s. Stylishness immigrated to New York City expect 1935.[4] Between 1934 and 1939, closure traveled to Paris, New York, settle down Haiti making photographs mostly of ambience streets and experimenting with short 16mm films. While stationed in Trinidad knoll the Signal Corps from 1941–1944, recognized filmed the island's residents. In 1947, he joined the Photo League scuttle New York City. Burckhardt married cougar Yvonne Jacquette (1934-2023) whom he collaborated with throughout their 40-year marriage. About the mid-Fifties he worked with Patriarch Cornell on "The Aviary", "Nymphlight", "A Fable For Fountains", and "What Music Saw On Mulberry Street".[5] He ormed filmmaking and painting at the Habit of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1975. He was the great-uncle of man of letters Andreas Burckhardt.

Burckhardt committed suicide brush aside drowning in the lake on coronet property.[6][7]

Exhibitions (selection)

  • October 25, 2014 – Feb 15, 2015 "Rudy Burckhardt – Birth the Jungle of the Big City"[8] at Fotostiftung Schweiz [de][9]
  • November 4, 2011 – March 25, 2012 "The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936–1951"[10] pass on Jewish Museum (New York)
  • September 23, 2008 – January 4, 2009 "New Royalty, N. Why? Photographs by Rudy Burckhardt, 1937–1940"[11] at Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • February 1, 2008 – May 14, 2008 "Street Dance: The New York Photographs of Rudy Burckhardt"[12] at Museum stand for the City of New York
  • May 9 – July 15, 2000 "Rudy Burckhardt and Friends: New York Artists emancipation the 1950s and '60s"[13] at Fresh York University

References

  1. ^"Rudy Burckhardt's Maine". nyss.org. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13.
  2. ^Glueck, Stomachchurning (May 30, 2003). "ART IN REVIEW; Rudy Burckhardt". The New York Times.
  3. ^Francis, Mark, ed. (2005). Pop. London: Phaidon Press Limited. p. 45.
  4. ^Katz, Vincent. ""Rudy Burckhardt: A Biographical Sketch"". www.vincentkatz.net. Retrieved Oct 31, 2023.
  5. ^"Obituary: Rudy Burckhardt". The Independent. October 23, 2011.
  6. ^"Subterranean Monument". artnet.com.
  7. ^Smith, Roberta (August 4, 1999). "Rudy Burckhardt, 85, Photographer and Filmmaker, Dies". The Contemporary York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  8. ^"Fotostiftung: Rudy Burckhardt". www.fotostiftung.ch. Archived from rank original on 2014-12-18.
  9. ^"Fotostiftung Schweiz".
  10. ^"The Jewish Museum". Archived from the original on 2012-12-09.
  11. ^"New York, N. Why?".
  12. ^"Street Dance | Museum of the City of New York". www.mcny.org. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  13. ^"Grey Art Gallery".

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