Rudy Burckhardt

Biography

Rudy Burckhardt (April 6, 1914 – August 1, 1999) is best known for his photography of New York and other cities. His signature image explores the quirks of modern urban life, in particular the exuberant life of the streets from the perspective of the pedestrian. He is also celebrated for canonical portraits of New York artists at work, and for his film and collaborations with leading artists, poets and musicians of the New York School. This exhibition, however, shows the private, meditative, less known side of Burkhardt's creative personality, what guest curator Vincent Katz describes as "that essential base of solace that facilitated the cosmpolitan flâneur."

Known for

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

November 29, 1991

Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods

A Legend for Fountains

January 1, 1965

Haiti

January 1, 1938

Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y.

December 31, 1937

Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y.

December 31, 1937

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2003	Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods	Self
1991	Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1992	Wayward Glimpses	Director
—	Six Days	Director
1999	On Aesthetics	Director
1999	Scattered Showers	Director
1991	Rubble Dance	Editor
1991	Rubble Dance	Director
1991	Rubble Dance	Cinematography
1991	Night Fantasies	Director
1989	Ostensibly	Director
1987	Zipper	Director
1986	Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street	Director
1986	In Bed	Director
1985	The Nude Pond	Director
1983	Untitled	Director
1983	Indelible, Inedible	Director
1982	All Major Credit Cards	Director
1981	Cerveza Bud	Director
1980	Julie	Director
1980	Sonatina and Fugue	Director
1978	Alex Katz Painting	Director
1977	Good Evening Everybody	Director
1976	Sodom and Gomorrah, NY, 10036	Director
1975	Default Averted	Director
1975	The Bottle of the Bulge	Director
1975	Saroche	Director
1974	Body - Earth	Director
1974	Landscape Bodydwelling	Cinematography
1974	Landscape Bodydwelling	Camera Operator
1974	Dwellings Winter	Director
1974	City Pasture	Director
1973	Caterpillar	Director
1972	Doldrums	Director
1972	Slipperella	Director
1971	Inside Dope	Director
1970	Made in Maine	Director
1970	Summer	Director
1969	One Flight Up	Director
1969	Tarzam	Director
1968	Money	Director
1967	For Life, Against the War	Director
1967	Square Times	Director
1967	The Apple	Director
1966	Daisy	Director
1965	A Legend for Fountains	Cinematography
1965	Lurk	Director
1964	Miracle on the BMT	Director
1962	Shoot the Moon	Director
1961	Millions in Business as Usual	Director
1958	Seraphina's Garden	Cinematography
1957	Nymphlight	Cinematography
1957	Angel	Cinematography
1957	Children	Cinematography
1956	What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street	Director
1956	What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street	Editor
1955	The Aviary	Director
1954	The Automotive Story	Director
1953	A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman	Director
1953	Eastside Summer	Director
1953	Under the Brooklyn Bridge	Director
1950	Mounting Tension	Director
1943	Trinidad	Director
1941	Montgomery, Alabama	Director
1940	Pursuit of Happiness	Director
1940	The Uncle's Return	Director
1938	Haiti	Director
1937	Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y.	Camera Operator
1937	Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y.	Director
1936	145 W. 21	Director