New Arrivals Gallery
'The Silver Samovar'
Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 in. Signed and dated 1954, upper left.
Price on Request
This important still-life painting was executed during his best period (1940–1955). Here, he focuses on the material wealth of the United States and how decadence and wretched excess will lead our nation to cede its position as the most powerful country in the world. A student of history, Burkhart sees similarities in the fall of other great empires that preceded the U.S., such as the Greeks, Romans, Spanish, British, and others.
The urn and crystal goblet serve as metaphors for wealth and privilege, while surrounded by rotting fruit, cigarette butts, matchsticks, and old coins. These represent an uncertain future while sending a stern warning that we must change our ways or be prepared for the unvarnished reality that awaits us.
This work is one of about a dozen large-scale paintings addressing this theme that are considered among his finest and most important contributions to American Art. This is a rare and important painting, worthy of the best collections of Regionalist American art.
He arranged this still-life in his Woodland Ave. dining room, with its unmistakable large oak door in the background. There are 19 paint stripes on the verso that represent the number of sessions Burkhart invested in this painting.
'The Silver Samovar'
Price on Request
This important still-life painting was executed during his best period (1940–1955). Here, he focuses on the material wealth of the United States and how decadence and wretched excess will lead our nation to cede its position as the most powerful country in the world. A student of history, Burkhart sees similarities in the fall of other great empires that preceded the U.S., such as the Greeks, Romans, Spanish, British, and others.
The urn and crystal goblet serve as metaphors for wealth and privilege, while surrounded by rotting fruit, cigarette butts, matchsticks, and old coins. These represent an uncertain future while sending a stern warning that we must change our ways or be prepared for the unvarnished reality that awaits us.
This work is one of about a dozen large-scale paintings addressing this theme that are considered among his finest and most important contributions to American Art. This is a rare and important painting, worthy of the best collections of Regionalist American art.
He arranged this still-life in his Woodland Ave. dining room, with its unmistakable large oak door in the background. There are 19 paint stripes on the verso that represent the number of sessions Burkhart invested in this painting.
'The Tree'
Price: $1,750
Like many artists, Burkhart was deeply attached to nature. He was drawn to subjects that were out of the ordinary and overlooked by many. He saw beauty where others saw nothing more than a twisted, dead tree stump.
'Woman in New Delhi'
Price: $1,000
This elegant portrait of a young Indian woman in traditional dress was painted by Burkhart during his overseas trip with the International School of America in 1965. Burkhart wrapped these canvases and sent them back to his home in Columbus to be touched up and framed for sale in his infamous open house sales to the public. Upon his death, this painting became the property of his heir, Karl Jaeger, and was estate stamped by his assistant, Elizabeth “Tibbi” Johnson. It was sold in the 1980’s to a family that is now offering the work to interested collectors.
'Late Fall Farm'
Watercolor on Arches paper, 16 x 22 in. Signed upper right.
Price: $1,450
This is a wonderful rendering of a Central Ohio farm. Burkhart was fond of scenes such as this. They took him back to his childhood in Kalida, Ohio, where he grew up on his family’s farm.
Emerson Burkhart – 'View from My Window'
Oil on Masonite, 14 x 14 in. Signed and dated lower right, 1950.
Price: $2,750
Burkhart was proud of his residence at 223 Woodland Ave. in Columbus and had many friends among his neighbors. He also enjoyed the mixture of architecture found in the area. This painting of a home across the street from his residence is atypical and rare as it was painted in winter, a season in which he seldom painted. He considered this time an opportunity to relax and recharge his creative energy for the painting season to come.
Emerson Burkhart – 'Farm in the Country'
Watercolor on Arches paper, 8 ½ x 11 ½ in. Signed lower left.
Price: $750
Burkhart devoted much of his career to explore themes of rural life outside of Columbus. Landscapes such as farms, farm animals and country homes were of particular interest to him as they reminded the artist of his roots growing up on his family farm in Northwest Ohio. These were touch points to him of the importance of our agrarian culture, even in the midst of rapid urbanization and a more industrialized economy in post – WW II America.
Emerson Burkhart – 'Eastside - Columbus'
Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in. Signed and dated lower right, ’69.
Price: $3,250
Perhaps best known and most loved for his Central Ohio scenes depicting everyday life, Burkhart favored the streets and alleys of the changing neighborhoods close to where he lived.
