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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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...
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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...
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Mid Century Painting of Trees and a Chapel By Ferdinand Burgdorff
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Oil
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H 16.93 in W 17.33 in D 0.79 in
Ships, Modern Oil Painting on Canvas, Framed, Signed, 1938
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Located in Roma, IT
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H 25 in W 21 in D 2 in
American Modernist Surreal Beach Scene Framed Figural Original Oil Painting
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Jockeys at the Rail
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H 51.19 in W 38.19 in
"Ô de la nuit", Night Blue Forest Abstract Landscape Oil Painting
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H 9.06 in W 14.57 in
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H 20.08 in W 28.75 in D 1.19 in
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H 15.75 in W 18.9 in D 0.79 in
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$2,123
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
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H 12 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
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Pair of Large 18' century Paintings The Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne
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"Into the Night, " Oil Painting
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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...
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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