Tom Burckhardt Explained

Tom Burckhardt
Birth Name:Tom E. Burckhardt
Birth Date:2 May 1967
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse:Kathy Butterly
Relatives:Burckhardt family

Tom E. Burckhardt (born May 2, 1964) is an American artist and painter based in New York City. He is the youngest son of Rudy Burckhardt and therefore a member of the Burckhardt family. He is a recipient of Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grants.[1] His work has been extensively exhibited throughout the United States such as at Weatherspoon Museum of Greensboro and the Knoxville Art Museum.[2]

Early life and education

Burckhardt was born May 2, 1964, in New York City, the youngest son of Rudy Burckhardt, a Swiss-born photographer and filmmaker, and Yvonne Jacquette, a painter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3] [4] [5] He had an older half-brother, Jacob who was born in 1949 from the prior marriage of his father to Edith Schloss. Through his father he is a descendant of the patrician family Burckhardt of Basel, Switzerland.[6]

Personal life

Burckhard is married to artist Kathy Butterly. They reside in New York City.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom Burckhardt '86 . 2023-08-10 . www.purchase.edu . en.
  2. Web site: Tom Burckhardt - Artists - The Tibor de Nagy Gallery . 2023-08-10 . www.tibordenagy.com . en.
  3. United States Public Records, 1970-2009
  4. News: 1999-08-04 . Rudy Burckhardt, 85, Photographer and Filmmaker, Dies (Published 1999) . The New York Times . en . 2023-08-10 . Smith . Roberta .
  5. News: 2023-05-01 . Yvonne Jacquette, Painter of Views From on High, Dies at 88 . The New York Times . en . 2023-08-10 . Genzlinger . Neil .
  6. Web site: La Liberté 1 October 2005 — e-newspaperarchives.ch . 2023-08-10 . www.e-newspaperarchives.ch . en.
  7. Web site: Tom Burckhardt and Kathy Butterly Arts The Harvard Crimson . 2023-08-10 . www.thecrimson.com.