Marc Burckhardt

Marc Burckhardt
Nationality American
Education

Baylor University, B.A.

Art Center College of Design. BFA 1989
Known for illustration, Fine Art

Marc Burckhardt (born 1962) is an American fine artist and illustrator. Burckhardt’s work juxtaposes historical genres and symbolism with contemporary themes. The artist uses a mix of both oil and acrylic paints in a modern variation of the Old Masters techniques of monochromatic underpainting and color glazing, often executing his work on wood panels. Burckhardt is additionally known for combining some paintings with pressed metal facades, historically known as rizas or oklads, forming elaborate patterns in the metal to create a jacket-like patterned covering[1][2]

Early life and education

Burckhardt was born in Germany to German-born Jochem and U.S. born Chris Christenson Burckhardt. He grew up in Waco, Texas, where his parents worked as university professors at Baylor University.[3][4] His mother was a painter and visiting art museums was common for the family.[5] The artist credits this combination of the American South and German culture with planting deep roots both in folk art and the darker vision of Flemish painters.[6]

The artist attended Baylor University, receiving an undergraduate degree in art history and printmaking. Burckhardt went on to receive a BFA from The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, graduating with honors in 1989.[2][6]

Early Influences

The artist's early influences were the painters Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, and Diego Rivera, but also comic artists such as Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton.[6] Burckhardt was additionally influenced by the writings of art historian Leo Steinberg,[2] and his landmark work The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion.[5]

Work

Burckhardt is quoted as saying that both his fine arts work and his commercial work is less influenced by any one artist and more with periods and genres such as Medieval religious icons, early American and English sporting paintings as well as craft-based workaday art that the artist observes "served to aggrandize the subject rather than the artist".[6]

Fine arts and gallery work

The artist's work is in numerous private collections, including that of the estate of Johnny Cash, who commissioned Burckhardt to paint a portrait of his wife June Carter Cash for his home outside Nashville, Tennessee.[2] Burckhardt's fine art works have been shown throughout the United States and internationally, at locations such as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Art Institute of Boston, Art Basel in Miami, Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, SCOPE in New York, The Martin Museum of Art (Texas), The Lisle Station Museum (Chicago), Mindy Solomon Gallery (Miami), Marder Gallery (Bridgehampton), Bash Contemporary (San Francisco).[1]

Many of the artist's gallery works are what Burckhardt describes as "'possession-oriented portraiture' in which the animals, or ships, or people, aren't what they appear to be; they're placeholders for desires, fears, and ideals."[5]

Commercial illustration

Burckhardt's illustration work has illustrated the covers of many books, album/CD covers and been featured in print magazines such as Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, Oxford American, Time magazine and many others.[7]

The artist is recognized for his portraiture work, which has been commissioned by Major League Baseball, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Sony Records and others.[7]

Product labeling and branding illustration

Album & compact disc covers and packaging

Children's & young adult book illustration

Awards and service

Awards

Service

Personal life

The artist lives in Austin, Texas and teaches illustration at Texas State University, in nearby San Marcos, Texas.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Telford, Anne (May 2005). "Marc Burckhardt". Communication Arts.
  2. "Encyclodepia.com entry". Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  3. "Baylor Alumni Association". Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "'Cathleen Toelke Interview With Marc Burckhardt". illoz. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Solis, Marisa (May 2006). "Conversations in the Dark". Juxtapoz: 86–91.
  6. 1 2 "Simon & Schuster Biographies". Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  7. "Land of the Giants, Australian wine - Ideaworks - acrylic & oil on paper". Marcbuckhardt.com.
  8. "Angel Paille dessert wine - Bonny Doon Vineyards - acrylic & oil on paper". Marcbuckhardt.com.
  9. "Hop Czar - Bridgeport Brewing - acrylic & oil on panel". Marcbuckhardt.com.
  10. "Peat Monster scotch label - Compass Box, Stranger & Stranger - acrylic & oil on paper mounted on board". Marcbuckhardt.com.
  11. "Phrazes for the Young". Drawger.com. 21 January 2010.
  12. "Texas Commission on the Arts". Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  13. 1 2 "Creative Summit Biography". Retrieved 2013-05-26.

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