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Bryson Burroughs

1869

WA-00049224

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WikidataQ16943988

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Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Smithsonianhttps://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=678
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

About

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Henry Bryson Burroughs was an American artist and employee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He began there as an assistant to Curator of Paintings Roger Fry, and when Fry left in 1909, Burroughs assumed the role. His purchase of View of the Domaine Saint-Joseph for the museum became the first of Paul Cézanne's paintings to enter a public collection. He also purchased the Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych and The Harvesters for the Met. Before dedicating himself to painting, Burroughs was a successful racing cyclist who seriously contemplated turning professional in that discipline.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 95% · Updated 15d ago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Artworks (9)

Eurydice Bitten by the Snake

1930 · oil paint

51 x 41 15/16 in. (129.5 x 106.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Lovers

1920 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 51.2 x 91.6 cm (20 3/16 x 36 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Consolation of Ariadne

1915 · oil paint

29 15/16 x 35 7/8 in. (76.4 x 91.12 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pity the Poor Blind Man

1907 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 45.7 x 77.2 cm (18 x 30 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Study of a child

1896 · Pastel, charcoal, watercolor, and graphite on dark buff wove paper

21 9/16 x 12 1/8 in. (54.8 x 30.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Mrs. Helen Moser Gordon, later Mrs. Ivanowski

1896 · Colored chalk and graphite on tan board

20 x 15 1/8 in. (50.8 x 38.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Robert T. Nichol

1869 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

7 5/16 x 5 in. (18.6 x 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Mars and Venus Caught in the Web of Vulcan

1869 · Brown ink, black, white and red chalk, pastels, and graphite on white wove paper

12 7/16 x 8 1/2 in. (31.6 x 21.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of Nazimova

1869 · Charcoal and pink pastel on off-white laid paper

11 5/8 x 17 3/4 in. (29.5 x 45.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

9 published of 12 catalogued · 5 with image

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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12 entries · 2 sources

Consolation of Ariadne
1915 · Met · 5 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
Eurydice Bitten by the Snake
1930 · Met · 5 prov
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The Lovers
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pity the Poor Blind Man
1907 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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