[1] In childhood her mother supported her artistic endeavors, and at the age of twelve she began lessons with Alice H. Howes, a former pupil of Frank Weston Benson and William Merritt Chase.
[2] She studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and had lessons as well with Richard E. Miller[3] and Eben F.
[4] During her early career Burrage traveled extensively in Europe,[5] and also visited the Armory Show.
[5] Her style continued to develop during this time, shifting from the Impressionism of her youth to an abstraction informed by the work of Jackson Pollock; later in life she created collages from mica.
[5] Upon her death Burrage was buried with Madeline, who predeceased her, at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland.