Berthe Burgkan (1855–1936) was a French painter. She was known for her genre and flower paintings.

Biography

Burgkan was born in Paris in 1855. She attended the École des Beaux-Arts where she studied with Gustave Boulanger and at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

where she studied with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury. She exhibited her paintings at the

Paris Salon The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

from 1878 through 1920. She also exhibited at the ''Arts de la Femme''. In 1883 Burgkan became a member of the Société des Artistes Français. She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She died in 1936.

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images of Berthe Burgkan's paintings
on artNET 1855 births 1936 deaths 19th-century French women artists 19th-century French painters Painters from Paris Académie Julian alumni 19th-century women painters {{france-painter-19thC-stub