Winter Morning
ca. 1916
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Carolann Smurthwaite in memory of her mother, Caroline Atherton Connell Smurthwaite
Accession Number
1983.83.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Winter Morning** by George Elbert Burr, created around 1916, captures the serene hush of a snow-dusted landscape at dawn. This graphic arts print, likely an etching, evokes the clarity of a winter morning, with tags highlighting snow, water, and soft glow of early light. Burr, a master etcher celebrated for his atmospheric landscapes, specialized in translating nature's subtle moods onto paper, often drawing from the American West's dramatic vistas. As a pivotal figure in the early 20th-century etching revival, Burr employed fine lines and tonal gradations to mimic the interplay of light on...
About the Artist
George Elbert Burr
George Elbert Burr was an American printmaker and watercolorist whose career spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, earning him a reputation as one of the foremost etchers of the American West. Born in 1859 in Monroe Falls, Ohio, Burr trained as a commercial illustrator before turning his full attention to fine art. He honed his craft through diligent self-study and close obser...