Rudy Burckhardt

(American, 1914–1999)

Rudy Burckhardt was a Swiss-born American photographer and filmmaker known for his portraits of artists, images of New York, and his film Pursuit of Happiness (1940). “It was a real magic day in November and we went out to Flushing to the cemetery and it was a warm, sunny day in November. The leaves were all on the ground and in the fountain there was orange and brown leaves floating,” Buckhardt once said of making the short film Angels with Joseph Cornell. Born on April 6, 1914 in Basel, Switzerland, he began photographing at the age of 15, and in 1933 traveled to London to study medicine. Abandoning his education, Burckhardt traveled to Paris then New York, where he lived with the writer Edwin Denby and entered into the milieu of Willem de Kooning, Fairfield Porter, Jane Freilicher, John Ashbery, and his collaborator Cornell. After serving in the US military during World War II, the artist became a US citizen and continued his experiments in film and photography while also studying painting under Amédée Ozenfant. Over the decades that followed, he made over 100 films. Burckhardt committed suicide on August 1, 1999 in Searsmont, ME. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, among others.

Rudy Burckhardt Artworks

Rudy Burckhardt (79 results)

Flatiron in Winter, 1956

Rudy Burckhardt

Flatiron in Winter, 1956

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Jasper Johns’ Large Construction Target

Rudy Burckhardt

Jasper Johns’ Large Construction Target

Sale Date: August 9, 2023

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Portfolio titled

Rudy Burckhardt

Portfolio titled "Photos," containing 4 out..., 1947

Sale Date: April 16, 2023

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Photos, 1950

Rudy Burckhardt

Sale Date: March 29, 2023

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Barber Shop Window, New York, from the..., 1940

Rudy Burckhardt

Barber Shop Window, New York, from the..., 1940

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Rings, 1940

Rudy Burckhardt

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Pond V, 1989

Rudy Burckhardt

Sale Date: February 9, 2023

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From the album An Afternoon in Astoria, 1940

Rudy Burckhardt

From the album An Afternoon in Astoria, 1940

Sale Date: December 4, 2022

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From the album An Afternoon in Astoria, 1940

Rudy Burckhardt

From the album An Afternoon in Astoria, 1940

Sale Date: December 4, 2022

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Willem de Kooning, 1950

Rudy Burckhardt

Willem de Kooning, 1950

Sale Date: April 14, 2022

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Broadway and Fifth Avenue, 1950

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Broadway and Fifth Avenue, 1950

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Flatiron Building in Summer, 1947

Rudy Burckhardt

Flatiron Building in Summer, 1947

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Two men at Café L'Etoile, Paris, 1934

Rudy Burckhardt

Two men at Café L'Etoile, Paris, 1934

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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New York ,1940, 1940

Rudy Burckhardt

New York ,1940, 1940

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Willem de Kooning, 1950

Rudy Burckhardt

Willem de Kooning, 1950

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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A group of three prints (Willem de Kooning,..., 1950

Rudy Burckhardt

A group of three prints (Willem de Kooning,..., 1950

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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Sun, 1940

Rudy Burckhardt

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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Paris Realisation, 1947

Rudy Burckhardt

Paris Realisation, 1947

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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New York, 1940

Rudy Burckhardt

New York, 1940

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Priscilla Lane, Brooklyn, 1948

Rudy Burckhardt

Priscilla Lane, Brooklyn, 1948

Sale Date: November 25, 2020

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Rings, 1940

Rudy Burckhardt

Sale Date: October 22, 2020

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Priscilla Lane, Brooklyn, 1948

Rudy Burckhardt

Priscilla Lane, Brooklyn, 1948

Sale Date: September 9, 2020

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Flatiron in Summer, 1948

Rudy Burckhardt

Flatiron in Summer, 1948

Sale Date: June 11, 2020

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Flatiron in Summer, 1948

Rudy Burckhardt

Flatiron in Summer, 1948

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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