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Rudy Burckhardt
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American photographer (1914-1999)
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- Works
- 8
Top works
- Picturing New York
- In public, in private
- Rudy Burckhardt -- New York moments
- An afternoon in Astoria
- Boulevard Transportation
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Film & TV
Basel, Switzerland
Rudy Burckhardt (April 6, 1914 – August 1, 1999) is best known for his photography of New York and other cities. His signature image explores the quirks of modern urban life, in particular the exuberant life of the streets from the perspective of the pedestrian. He is also celebrated for canonical portraits of New York artists at work, and for his film and collaborations with leading artists,…
Known for
- Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods — Self2003
- Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box — Self1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Burckhardt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Basel
- Place of death
- Searsmont
- Occupation
- painter
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film
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- date of birth
- 1914-04-05
- date of death
- 1999-08-01
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
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