HANS BURKHARDT 1904-1994

Hans Burkhardt was born in Basel, Switzerland. He emigrated to the United States in 1924 and lived in New York for 12 years. There he studied with Arshile Gorky and became part of the New York modern art movement. In 1936 he moved to California bringing with him Gorky's style of expressive abstraction. For fifty years, he struggled to keep alive the spirit of his friend and mentor Arshile Gorky.

His paintings, particularly those from the 1930s and 1940s, are cubistic works often based on figurative subjects. He exhibited works with the California Water Color Society during this period, and in later years exhibited his oil paintings, drawings, pastels, and lithographs on a national level.

Burkhardt studied at Grand Central School of Art, New York and at Cooper Union School of Art, New York.

(Biographical information taken from The Art of California, Oakland Museum.)

Painting in the Permanent Collection:
(no image available)

City Street
Signed “H. Burkhardt”, lower right
Oil, 36” x 40”, dated 1951
1955 gift of the artist

Museum Closure

To cooperate with the nationwide response to COVID-19, CCMA is closed to the public until May 31, 2020 unless an "all clear" is given earlier.

Beginning April 1, 2020 please direct museum inquiries to CCMA board chairman Nancy DeDiemar (nancy91762@gmail.com)
or 909-214-3459.

CCMA is continuing to accept applications for Art at Airport while closed.

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Events at the Museum

The April Artist Reception
has been cancelled.

Art at Airport

CCMA is managing the public art program at Ontario International Airport. Exhibits featuring the art of 20 regional artists may be seen in the passenger arrival/departure area of Terminals 2 and 4.

Visual artists interested in participating in the program can click on the EXHIBIT tab above for more information and the application form. CCMA is accepting artist applications during the museum closure period.

Life Drawing Session at CCMA
Postponed Until Further Notice

Live model
Sessions are the third Thursday of the month
10 am to 3 pm
$15 -- open to all

Open Studio at CCMA
Postponed Until Further Notice

Fridays from 11 am – 3 pm

Where artists meet to create and share their artwork in an unstructured environment.

Open Studio at CCMA is a place for artists to come together and create art in the presence of other artists. It is intended to foster creativity, exchange, conversation, encouragement and freedom of artistic expression. All artists are welcome and invited to participate. Every Friday from 11 am to 3 pm at the museum.

CCMA in the News

Ontario Connects

View highlights of Sheets, Sheets & Caughman CCMA/OMHA exhibition
Art for Living and Living for Art
by clicking on the title

Joe Blackstock

Inland Valley historian Joe Blackstock visits CCMA to view the nine paintings of the Barbara Line Memorial Collection. Click here to view article.

IEShineOn.com

IEShineOn, an online source for events and activities in the Inland Empire, featured CCMA. To view the article, click here.

Suzanne Sproul

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin columnist Suzanne Sproul reports on the Sheets, Sheets & Caughman exhibit Art for Living and Living for Art. To view the article, click here . Read about CCMA's 75th anniversary in 2016 by clicking here.

David Allen

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin columnist David Allen visits CCMA's outdoor sculpture at the front of the museum. The sculpture was created by Fullmer Construction superintendent Gary Rue entirely from materials leftover from construction the parking lot next door. Click here to see a photo and read David's blog.

Trevor Summons

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in Trevor Summon's column

Foothills Reader

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