Background
Burr, George Elbert was born on April 15, 1859 in Monroe Falls, Ohio, United States. Son of Linus E. and Lucy Ellen (Gaylord) Burr.
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George Elbert Burr
Edit ProfileEducation
Educated Art Institute, Chicago, and studied five years in France and Italy.
Career
Paints in oil and water colors.
Achievements
Connections
Married Elizabeth Rogers, 1884.
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November 17, 1939 (aged 80) -
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American -
Religion
Unitarian
Awards
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Awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals. Made 1,000 pen drawings of bronzes, jades, lacquers, porcelains, et cetera, for catalogs of Heber R. Bishop collection, New York City (a task of 4 years). Secretariat of 35 etchings of America desert.tempSpaceWorks in permanent collections of Luxembourg, Paris. Metropolitan Museum and Public Library, New New York Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.tempSpaceCongressional Library, Washington, District of Columbia. The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago. University of Colorado.tempSpaceCalifornia State Library. British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.tempSpaceBerlin Museum. Boston Museum. Cincinnati Art Museum. Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts.tempSpacePhoenix Art Museum, and in other museums.Awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals. Made 1,000 pen drawings of bronzes, jades, lacquers, porcelains, et cetera, for catalogs of Heber R. Bishop collection, New York City (a task of 4 years). Secretariat of 35 etchings of America desert.tempSpaceWorks in permanent collections of Luxembourg, Paris.
Metropolitan Museum and Public Library, New New York Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.tempSpaceCongressional Library, Washington, District of Columbia. The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago.
University of Colorado.tempSpaceCalifornia State Library. British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.tempSpaceBerlin Museum.
Boston Museum. Cincinnati Art Museum. Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts.tempSpacePhoenix Art Museum, and in other museums.