About Walter Burridge
Lived 1857 – 1913 (aged 55–56). Walter Burridge was an American painter.
Walter Wilcox Burridge (1857 – June 25, 1913) was a painter in the United States. He did theater set work and established his own studio. Burridge did work on a cyclorama of Kilauea at the Volcano House. He also did many scene paintings for theatrical productions. In his obituary, the Brooklyn Eagle called him one of the foremost scene painters of his time. He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois.
Burridge was from Brooklyn and his father Henry was the proprietor of the Old Masons Arms Inn there.
Work The Woman Haters (opened October 7, 1912) scenic design The Man from Cook's (opened March 25, 1912) scenic design The Three Romeos (opened November 13, 1911) scenic design Everywoman (opened February 27, 1911) scenic design The Merry Widow (opened October 21, 1907) scenic design The Prince of Pilsen (opened March 19, 1906) scenic design The County Chairman (opened September 1, 1904) scenic design A Country Girl (opened September 22, 1902) scenic design Arizona (opened September 10, 1900) scenic design
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Who was Walter Burridge?
19th-20th century scene painter
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Walter Burridge was born in 1857 in Brooklyn.
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Walter Burridge died on 25 June 1913 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Walter Burridge was a painter.
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Walter Burridge was American.
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