Arnold A. Burchess

Background

Burchess, Arnold A. was born on June 7, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Herman Burchess and Annetta Rossiny.

Education

BSS, City College of New York, 1934. Studied with, George W. Eggers. Studied with, Robert Garrison.

Career

Assistant 3 stone bas-reliefs walls of Radio City, New York City, 1935. Lecturer/demonstratorShapes in Clay, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1936. Department chairman fine art Fashion Institute Technology, New York City, 1963-1973.

Instructor art Saddleback College (California), 1980-1983.

Visiting professor sculpture Bowdoin College, Maine, 1977. One-man shows include: Van Dimant Gallery, Southampton, New York, 1957, Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1959, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, 1975, Walker Art Museum, Brunswick, Maine, 1978.

Exhibited in group shows: Riverside Museum, 1955, G.W.V. Smith Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1955, Contemporary Art Gallery, 1955, Birmingham Museum Art, 1955, California Watercolor Society,1955, Delgrado Museum Art, 1957, Westchester Art Center, 1958, United States National.Mus., 1958, New York City Center, 1958, Long Beach Municipal Art Center (California), 1957, Alabama Polytechnic College, 1957, Jacksonville Museum Art (Florida), 1957, Lauren Rogers Museum Art, Laurel, Mississippi, 1957, Challis Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, 1983. Executed portrait bust in bronze of Edmund Muskie, State Capitol, Augusta, Maine, 1972.

Achievements

• Arnold A. Burchess has been listed as a notable artist, sculptor, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of New Orleans Watercolor Society, California Watercolor Society, Springfield Art League, Alabama Watercolor Society, Audubon Artists, American Watercolor Society.

Connections

Married Aline Thistlethwaite. 1 child, Robert.

Father:

Herman Burchess

Mother:

Annetta Rossiny

Spouse:

Aline Thistlethwaite

child:

Robert Burchess