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George Elbert Burr Biography
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1859 |
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Born: Monroe Falls, Ohio
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1869 |
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Moved with his parents to Cameron, Missouri, where his father opened a hardware store
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1878 |
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Left for Illinois to attend the Art Institute of Chicago (then called the Chicago Academy of Design).
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1879 |
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Moved back to Cameron
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1888 |
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Employed as an illustrator for Scribner’s, Harper’s, and The Observer
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1892 |
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Began a four-year project to illustrate a catalog for the Metropolitan Museum of Art of Heber R. Bishop’s jade collection
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1894 |
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Married Elizabeth Rogers
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1896 - 1901 |
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Along with his wife, spent the years sketching and traveling on a tour of Europe that spanned from Sicily to North Wales
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1901 |
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Settled in New Jersey where Burr sustained a living through the sale of his etchings and watercolors
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1906 |
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The couple moved to Denver, Colorado, in an effort to improve George’s poor health.
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1924 |
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Burr’s failing health prompted a move to a more moderate climate and the couple settled in Phoenix, Arizona
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1939 |
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Burr remained in Phoenix until his death
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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Boston Art Club, 1902, 1906; Art Institute of Chicago, 1910, 1913; National Museum of American Art, 1986 (retrospective); Mitchell Brown Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, 1990 (retrospective).
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| Literature |
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George Elbert Burr 1859-1939: Catalogue Raisonne and Guide to the Etched Works with Biographical and Critical Notes, Louise Combes Seeber, Northland Press, Flagstaff, Arizona,1971.
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