Title: Bear Creek Canyon, Denver Co.
Artist: George E. Burr (1879-1956)
Drypoint, 1922.
Edition not noted.
Signed in pencil. Inscribed "trial proof, second state" Inscribed and dated in plate "GB 1922".
Image size 11 7/8 x 9 13/16" (30.2 x 24.9 cm).

#229 in "George Elbert Burr, 1859-1939" by Louise Combes Seeber.

George Elbert Burr was an American printmaker and painter. Born in 1859 in Munroe Falls, Ohio, his mother introduced him to drawing and painting at a young age. In 1869 the family moved to Cameron, Missouri, where, in the early 1870s, Burr began experimenting with etching on pieces of scrap metal in his father's hardware store. Burr was mostly self-taught. Outside the teachings of his mother, his only formal education was a brief three-month stint at The Chicago Art Institute in 1878-9. Though some historians feel he studied in Europe, the Catalogue Raisonne by Louise Combes Seeber (a relative of Burr's) says such "statement[s are] at best ambiguous," as there is no viable proof that Burr "had either the time or the inclination to seek formal guidance from other artists."

By 1888 Burr was creating illustrations for prestigious publications like Scribner's and Harper's Magazine. He also created works for John Muir's Picturesque California. A year later, he moved to New York City and began working for the Cosmopolitan magazine and Frank Leslie's Weekly Newspaper. His job allowed him to travel across America and create the very landscapes and scenes he so loved.

Condition: Good condition, very subtle mat line.