Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt
Born
Rudolph August Burckhardt

(1914-04-06)April 6, 1914
DiedAugust 1, 1999(1999-08-01) (aged 85)
Nationality
  • American
  • Swiss
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • filmmaker
Years active1935–1999
Spouses
(m. 1947; div. 1961)
(m. 1964)
Children2, including Tom
RelativesBurckhardt family
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Rudy Burckhardt ( Rudolph August Burckhardt; April 6, 1914 – August 1, 1999) was a Swiss-American filmmaker, and photographer, known for his photographs of the hand-painted billboards that began to dominate the American landscape in the 1940s and 1950s.[1][2][3] He was married to Edith Schloss and Yvonne Jacquette. His youngest son is artist Tom Burckhardt.

  1. ^ "Rudy Burckhardt's Maine". nyss.org. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13.
  2. ^ Glueck, Grace (May 30, 2003). "ART IN REVIEW; Rudy Burckhardt". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Francis, Mark, ed. (2005). Pop. London: Phaidon Press Limited. p. 45.