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[[File:Georg Burmester - Brandung in Norwegen 1907.jpg|thumb|Georg Burmester: ''Surf on the Norwegian coast'', 1907, [[Künstlermuseum Heikendorf]]]]

'''Georg Burmester''' (4 December 1864 in Barmen (today a district of [[Wuppertal]]) -– 30 June 1936 in Heikendorf near [[Kiel]]) was a German painter.

From 1881 until 1883, Burmester studied at the [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]] under [[Heinrich Lauenstein]] (1835–1910) and [[Hugo Crola]] and from 1883 until 1889 at the {{Ill|Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe|en}} with {{Ill|Gustav Schönleber|en}}. In 1886, he went on a study trip to Italy and did his military service in 1887/88. He lived in [[Kiel]] from 1889, where he met [[Ernst Eitner]]. He worked with the latter in 1889 in the {{Ill|Künstlerkolonie Gothmund|de}}<ref>[http://kuenstlerkolonie-gothmund.de Heiko Jäckstein: Künstlerkolonie Gothmund, Forschung - Quellenangaben]</ref>. From 1895, he was a resident of Möltenort. During this time, he made a study trip to Norway and Copenhagen. In 1907/08, he received a [[scholarship]] from the {{Ill|Villa Romana|en}} in [[Florence]]. From 1912 to 1930, he was a teacher at the {{Ill|Kunsthochschule Kassel|en}}, during which time he was awarded the title of professor in 1917. His best-known student during this period was [[Sepp Vees]].<ref>[http://www.sepp-vees.com/academiekasseletberlin.html Website about Sepp Vees] (in french)</ref> After 1930, Burmester lived again in Möltenort, a district of Heikendorf near Kiel, and was also temporarily active in the {{Ill|Künstlerkolonie Heikendorf|de}}.

In 1894, Burmester was a founding member of the {{Ill|Schleswig-Holsteinische Kunstgenossenschaft|de}} and later its leader.

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Burmester, Georg. In: Ulrich Thieme (ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''. Created by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. 
* {{Ill|Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer|en}}: ''Malerei in Schleswig-Holstein. Katalog der Gemäldesammlung des Städtischen Museums Flensburg'', {{ISBN|3-8042-0467-8}}.
* Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: ''Kieler Künstler. Band 2: Kunstleben in der Kaiserzeit 1871–1918.'' {{ISBN|978-3-8042-1442-2}}, {{pp.|324|338}}.

== Other websites ==
{{Commonscat|Georg Burmester}}
* {{DNB portal|117174734}}
* [http://www.museen-sh.de/ml/digicult.php?digiID=200.6881001 Werke von Georg Burmester]
* [https://www.kuenstlerkolonie-gothmund.de/kuenstlerkolonie/19-jahrhundert/georg-burmester/ ''Georg Burmester''] at kuenstlerkolonie-gothmund.de Heiko Jäckstein

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