Jean Burkhalter

JEAN BURKHALTER (France, 1895 -1982).
"Landscape," 1930.
Watercolor on paper.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 31 x 48 cm.

Born in Auxerre, Jean Burkhalter came from a well-to-do background, but when he lost his father in 1912 and his mother in 1915, he left for Paris at the age of 18. He enrolled in 1915 at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, where he continued his studies until 1919. He then worked for several decoration houses, specializing in different fields: fabrics and carpets, creation and edition of printed canvases, and goldsmithing, which allowed him to participate for the first time in the Salon des artistes décorateurs. In 1920, he exhibited paintings at the Galerie des artistes modernes, and at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts in 1921.He participated in the fiftieth anniversary of the 1925 Exhibition at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris, October 15, 1976. In one of his manuscripts, entitled "Ligne, surface, volume" (Line, surface, volume), never published but quoted in the work of Laure Guillier et al, Jean Burkhalter wrote "Art, taken in its most general sense, is a more or less cerebral game, but it is a game", and it is indeed on a large number of supports that he played. His works, most of which belong to private collections, are so numerous and varied (watercolors, red chalk, oils, etc.). Le port de Sormiou (Provence) was acquired by the State, 1932, initially registered at the Musée du Luxembourg, 1934, but currently unlocated.