Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt (1914 Basel - 1999) was an Swiss-American filmmaker, and photographer, known for his photographs of hand-painted billboards which began to dominate the American landscape in the nineteen-forties and fifties.[1][2][3]

Life

He immigrated to New York City in 1935.[4]

He showed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[5] New York University.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.nyss.org/exhibitions/rudy-burckhardt-maine/
  2. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/30/arts/art-in-review-rudy-burckhardt.html
  3. ^ Francis, Mark, ed (2005). Pop. London: Phaidon Press Limited. p. 45. 
  4. ^ http://www.vincentkatz.com/criticism.htm
  5. ^ http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7BBACE9B8A-0E1D-459C-834A-8C0FAF8194F9%7D
  6. ^ http://www.nyu.edu/greyart/exhibits/rudy/index.html

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