Tom Burckhardt | |
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Born | Tom E. Burckhardt May 2, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
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Spouse | Kathy Butterly |
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Relatives | Burckhardt family |
Website | Official website |
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]
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]
Burckhard is married to artist Kathy Butterly. They reside in New York City. [7]
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