Tom Burckhardt

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Tom Burckhardt
Born
Tom E. Burckhardt

(1967-05-02) May 2, 1967 (age 56)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Artist
  • painter
SpouseKathy Butterly
Parents
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]

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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]

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References

  1. "Tom Burckhardt '86". www.purchase.edu. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. "Tom Burckhardt - Artists - The Tibor de Nagy Gallery". www.tibordenagy.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. United States Public Records, 1970-2009
  4. "Rudy Burckhardt, 85, Photographer and Filmmaker, Dies (Published 1999)". August 4, 1999. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. "Yvonne Jacquette, Painter of Views From on High, Dies at 88". May 1, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  6. "La Liberté 1 October 2005 — e-newspaperarchives.ch". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  7. "Tom Burckhardt and Kathy Butterly | Arts | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.