Henry Bryson Burroughs

Place: Hyde Park

Born: 1869

Death: 1934

Biography:

Bryson Burroughs, also known as Henry Bryson Burroughs, was an American artist and curator of paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts in 1869 and died in New York City in 1934. Burroughs began his career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as an assistant to Curator of Paintings Roger Fry. When Fry left in 1909, Burroughs assumed the role. He is known for his purchase of View of the Domaine Saint-Joseph for the museum, which became the first of Paul Cézanne's paintings to enter a public collection. He also purchased the Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych and The Harvesters for the Met. Before dedicating himself to painting, Burroughs was a successful racing cyclist who seriously contemplated turning professional in that discipline.