Paul Burlin (September 10, 1886 – March 13, 1969) was an American modern and abstract expressionist painter.
Paul had completely separated from his family and his past, and continued to be forward thinking his whole life.
Burlin was invited to participate in the 1913 69th Regiment Armory Show in New York, the first Modern art exhibition in the United States.
This was the exhibit that brought the work of the European vanguard, such as Picasso, Manet, Monet, and Degas to the United States.
Burlin moved to Santa Fe in 1913 and painted there until 1920,[1] while exhibiting his work in New York City.
He painted portraits of Pueblo Indians, landscapes, and scenes of local daily life.
Shortly after a successful presentation at a conference on ethnomusicology, Natalie was struck by a taxi on the street and killed.
He studied European abstract painting styles, which influenced his increasingly socially concerned themes.
Living in Europe for a decade may have contributed to Burlin's reception back home.
His work was included in the New York Museum of Modern Art's Ninth Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans in 1930.
They settled in New York, where Paul lived for the rest of his life, when he was not traveling or working as an artist in residence.
Paul Burlin begins to use abstract expressionism as a mode for personal expression.
The nine final paintings, which summarize and celebrate the life of the painter were shown at the NY MOMA in 1971, and at the Pasadena Museum in 1972.