Artist Keywords

Catherine Burchfield Parker

Catherine Burchfield Parker (1926 - 2012) was active/lived in New York, Texas.  Catherine Parker is known for Landscape and architectural painting.

Catherine Burchfield Parker (1926-)

Catherine Esther Burchfield Parker was born in 1926, the fourth daughter and second-to-last child of renowned American watercolorist Charles E. Burchfield and his wife, Bertha (Kenreich), a farmer's daughter.  Parker was raised in Gardenville, New York.

In 1929, the same year that her younger brother was born, Parker's mother encouraged her father to leave his day job and devote himself full time to painting.  Parker is grateful to have been taught that "artist" was a permissible career choice.  But for the Burchfield family, with five children born in a seven-year span, life in a rural suburb of Buffalo, New York on an artist's income, became—and remained—a constant financial challenge.

Despite these challenges, the Burchfields instilled in their children a love of art and music. When her family would go to a restaurant for a rare dinner out, a live string trio filled young Catherine with dreams of someday perform   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 13299 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 4 auction lots for Catherine Burchfield Parker (of which 3 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 1 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Catherine Burchfield Parker as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Catherine Burchfield Parker in 0 of its research Essays. Catherine Burchfield Parker has 5 artist signature examples available in our database.