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)
Pantheum Moonlight, Early 20th century surrealist landscape, Cleveland School
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, 1881-1975) Pantheum Moonlight, 1916 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 16 x 24 inches 21.5 x 29.5 inches, framed Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferd...
Oil
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Winter Water, Large Seascape of Point Lobos, Monterey, California Shore
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, 1881-1975) Winter Water, c. 1930 Oil on masonite Signed lower left, titled verso 40 x 46 inches 43 x 49.25 inches, framed Written Verso: Along the Pac...
Oil
$1,650
"Sherman Rose" Adobe, Monterey California - Signed 1923 Original Etching
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
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 - 197...
Paper, Etching
$1,500
Sherman Rose House, Monterey California - Signed 1920's Landscape Etching
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
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...
Paper, Etching
Mid Century Painting of Trees and a Chapel By Ferdinand Burgdorff
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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...
Oil
$3,750
H 24.5 in W 28.5 in D 2.75 in
Frederick Shane Twilight of History 1947 Surrealist Oil Painting Rocket Scene
By Frederick Shane
Located in Denver, CO
“Twilight of History” is a dramatic and highly symbolic 1947 oil painting on board by American modernist Frederick Shane. Created in the immediate aftermath of World War II, the pain...
Board, Oil
$1,308
H 5.91 in W 7.88 in D 1.19 in
Landscape 08 - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Landscape Painting
By Frank Dekkers
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers Landscape 08 15 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 20 x 25 cm) oil on Panel About the artist: Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,850
H 24 in W 36 in D 2 in
American Modernist Everglades Florida Wildlife Park Garden Painting Lilly Pads
By Russ Elliot
Located in New York, NY
Here we have 1960’s Russ Elliott Florida painting Painting depicts a Park with figures overlooking a canoe with a lilly pad pond Russ Elliott 1960’s signed lower right oil on canva...
Oil
Downtown New York
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Downtown New York, c. 1930s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 10 x 12 inches; label verso reads: "Harry Dix / Title Downtown New York / Medium Oil" Harry Dix was a 20th-century p...
Canvas, Oil
$850
H 27.5 in W 19 in
57th Street Looking East, Photorealist Etching by Richard Haas
By Richard Haas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Haas, American (1936 - ) Title: 57th Street Looking East Year: 2007 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 36/200 Image Si...
Etching
"Eastside, " Urban Night Scene by Jim Beckner
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Bright Lights" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting pedestrians strolling down a city street at dusk. About the Artist: (Born 1970) Denver-bas...
Oil, Board
'Westminster Abbey' — Royal Church, London
By Anton Schutz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Westminster Abbey', etching, edition not stated, 1927. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. A superb, richly-i...
Etching
Landscape
By Marcel Emile Cailliet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, dated and titled verso: “Marcel Cailliet ’40 – S.C.” and “Marcel Cailliet Landscape”; likely exhibited at the annual juried st...
Canvas, Oil
$2,253
H 21.66 in W 31.5 in D 1.19 in
Asters ~ 1970, oil on canvas, 55x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Asters ~ 1970, oil on canvas, 55x80 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always...
Oil, Canvas
Manhattan Bridge — 1920s New York City
By George Stimmel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Manhattan Bridge', etching, c. 1920, proofs only. Signed in ink in the image, lower right. A fine, rich impression, in warm black ink, on cream wove ...
Etching
$600
H 9 in W 11 in
"Abstract Overhead Parking Lot" (2005) Expressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting
By Hazel Z Weckbach
Located in Denver, CO
"Subject matter to me is a vehicle for me to explore how I observe life. My urban influences are an assembly of varied fabrics stitched together to form a tapestry. It is not to re...
Oil, Panel
MANHATTAN
By Anton Schutz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ANTON SCHUTZ MANHATTAN c 1940 Etching, signed in pencil, edition 100, no. 15/100. On thin simili-japan paper. Very slight toning around plate mark. Remnants of old tape on verso, s...
Etching
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H 22 in W 17 in D 1 in
Venus and California Junipero 1920 Rare Early work by Ferdinand Burgdorff
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and very rare, nocturnal cypress by California artist Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, 1883-1975). Signed "Ferdinand Burgdorff" and dated "1920" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 17"H x 22"W. A renowned Carmel, California artist, 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, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este...
Canvas, Oil
Peace and Plenty, 1931
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
"Peace and Plenty" by Pebble Beach, California artist Ferdinand Burgdoff (American, 1883-1975). Artists gallery label titled "Peace and...
Board, Oil
California Oak, 1935
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period oil painting of a California oak in autumn by listed California artist Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, 1881-1975). Signed lower le...
Oil