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George Elbert Burr Art

American, 1859-1939

George Elbert Burr was an American printmaker and painter best known for his etchings and drypoints of the desert and mountain regions of the American West. He enjoyed success early, providing illustrations for Harper's, Scribner's Magazine, Frank Leslie's Weekly, and The Cosmopolitan. In 1892, he began a four-year project illustrating a catalog of Heber R. Bishop's collection of jade antiquities for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This project, producing etchings of over a thousand artifacts, paid well enough for Burr to embark on an extended tour of Europe upon its completion with his wife. Over the next five years, as they traveled in Italy, Germany, and the British Isles, Burr amassed sketches and watercolors that would provide the source material for his copper plate etchings of European scenes. In 1924, the Burrs settled in Phoenix, Arizona, where he would remain for the rest of his life. The change of scenery allowed him to round out his oeuvre of Western landscapes with expansive views of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. He and his wife, who died in 1941, are buried in Cameron. Today, George Elbert Burr is widely considered to be one of the finest of the early 20th-century American etchers. His prints are in several prominent collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the British Museum, the French National Print Collection, Luxembourg Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Northern Arizona and the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C.

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Artist: George Elbert Burr
OASIS OF SEVEN PALMS CALIFORNIA
OASIS OF SEVEN PALMS CALIFORNIA

OASIS OF SEVEN PALMS CALIFORNIA

By George Elbert Burr

Located in Portland, ME

Burr, George Elbert. OASIS OF SEVEN PALMS CALIFORNIA. Gouache on paper, not dated, but before 1921. Titled in pencil, lower left, and signed in pencil, lower right, and with the numb...

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Early 20th Century George Elbert Burr Art

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Gouache

George Elbert Burr Winter Landscape, c. 1920 Signed Lithograph, Snow-Covered
George Elbert Burr Winter Landscape, c. 1920 Signed Lithograph, Snow-Covered

George Elbert Burr Winter Landscape, c. 1920 Signed Lithograph, Snow-Covered

By George Elbert Burr

Located in Denver, CO

“Winter Landscape” is an original, signed lithograph by American printmaker and painter George Elbert Burr (1859–1939), dating to circa 1920. The serene composition depicts snow-cove...

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20th Century American Modern George Elbert Burr Art

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Lithograph

George Elbert Burr 1924 Arizona Desert Landscape Drawing  American Southwest
George Elbert Burr 1924 Arizona Desert Landscape Drawing  American Southwest

George Elbert Burr 1924 Arizona Desert Landscape Drawing American Southwest

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Located in Denver, CO

George Elbert Burr (American, 1859–1939) Untitled (Storm over Desert Landscape, Arizona), 1924 Colored pencil on paper Signed lower right Image: 10 × 13¼ inch...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist George Elbert Burr Art

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George Elbert Burr Rocky Mountain Color Aquatint Etching, Longs Peak
George Elbert Burr Rocky Mountain Color Aquatint Etching, Longs Peak

George Elbert Burr Rocky Mountain Color Aquatint Etching, Longs Peak

By George Elbert Burr

Located in Denver, CO

An exceptional original color aquatint etching by renowned American printmaker George Elbert Burr (1859–1939), depicting the iconic peaks of Longs Peak and Mount Meeker in Colorado's...

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1920s American Impressionist George Elbert Burr Art

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"A Mirage" signed etching / drypoint (trial proof)

"A Mirage" signed etching / drypoint (trial proof)

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Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference: Seeber 194. This impression on japon paper is annotated "trial proof" and pencil-signed and titled in the margin, with Geo...

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1920s George Elbert Burr Art

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Drypoint, Etching

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