![]() ![]() ![]() His extensive list of exhibits includes one man shows at the Walker Art Center (1958), the Des Moines Art Center (1961 & 73), Babcock Galleries, New York (1966, 67, 69 & 75), the American Academy of Arts Annual, New York (1966, 72, 79, & 96), and Foslley/Leach Gallery, Washington (1987 & 92). Guggenheim Collection (New York), the Des Moines Art Center (Iowa), the Nelson-Atkins Museum (Kansas City), the Joslyn Museum (Omaha), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the High Art Museum (Atlanta), and the Eastman House (Rochester, NY), to name only a few. Additional teaching was done at the University of Minnesota, California College of Arts and Crafts, and the Joslyn Museum.īurford is a prolific artist and his work can be found in several museums and institutional collections, including the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), the J. Upon graduating he was appointed to the faculty and taught painting until 1986, when he was named professor emeritus. Air Force during World War II, and in 1947 received his MFA. He returned to the university after serving in the U.S. He studied with Grant Wood at the University of Iowa, earning a BFA in 1942. Biography Byron Leslie Burford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, July 12, 1920. ![]()
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