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Ferdinand Burgdorff Art

American, 1883-1975

A renowned Carmel, California artist, Ferdinand Burgdorff was an illustrator for Sunset magazine. His work was both realistic and romantic, conveying a sense of mystery and drama in his landscapes. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and later in Paris with René Menard and Florence Esté. In 1907, he headed West with the intention of becoming a desert landscape painter. He lived in boxcars 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).

Burgdorff 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 Sunset magazine, a new publication then. Many of the paintings he had made earlier were reproduced in this magazine. In California, Burgdorff first lived in Carmel where he was an active member of the Carmel Colony. He later settled in the nearby Pebble Beach, building a home on Rondo Road. In 1911, he took an exhibition of his desert paintings back to his hometown of Cleveland, and sold enough to finance a two-year trip around the world. His main objective was to see Greece and Egypt because they were ancient desert worlds. He also painted along the Nile, which reminded him of the Colorado River. When Burgdorff died, he was the oldest working artist on the Monterey Peninsula, having painted many coastal views and abandoned mining towns in pastel, oil and watercolor. From 1907–24, he made numerous painting trips to the Grand Canyon and the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.

(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
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Artist: Ferdinand Burgdorff
Sherman Rose House, Monterey California - Signed 1920's Landscape Etching
Sherman Rose House, Monterey California - Signed 1920's Landscape Etching

Sherman Rose House, Monterey California - Signed 1920's Landscape Etching

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Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful early 20th Century etching on vellum of the Monterey Bonifacio Adobe known as The Old Sherman Rose House, with climbing roses, by Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, (1881 - 1975), 1923. As in many of the artist's works, this piece conveys a mysterious and dark mood. Artwork has been professionally conserved. Titled, signed and dated lower edge. Archival mat and backing. Image size: 9.75"H x 11.75"W. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este...

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1920s American Realist Ferdinand Burgdorff Art

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"Sherman Rose" Adobe, Monterey California - Signed 1923 Original Etching
"Sherman Rose" Adobe, Monterey California - Signed 1923 Original Etching

"Sherman Rose" Adobe, Monterey California - Signed 1923 Original Etching

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Beautiful early 20th Century etching on vellum of the Monterey Bonifacio Adobe known as The Old Sherman Rose House, with climbing roses, by Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, (1881 - 197...

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1920s American Realist Ferdinand Burgdorff Art

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Mid Century Painting of Trees and a Chapel By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Mid Century Painting of Trees and a Chapel By Ferdinand Burgdorff

Mid Century Painting of Trees and a Chapel By Ferdinand Burgdorff

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Transporting oil painting on canvas of a church with trees on a sunny day, executed in a bold modernist style, signed Ferdinand Burgdorff 1964 in the lower left, titled Tree Lined Ch...

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