Georg Burmester

Georg Burmester (4 December 1864 - 30 June 1936) was a German Impressionist painter born in Barmen to Adolf Burmester, Director of the local Realschule, and Charlotte Henriette Marie Ritter. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1881 to 1883 under Heinrich Lauenstein and Hugo Crola, then transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, where his primary instructor was Gustav Schönleber.

In 1886, Burmester undertook a study trip to Italy. The following year, he completed mandatory military service. After his studies, he settled in Kiel and befriended fellow artist Ernst Eitner. Through Eitner's recommendation, he worked at the Gothmund Artists' Colony.

In 1894, Burmester co-founded the Schleswig-Holstein Art Cooperative. The next year, he married Anne Nitzsch, daughter of a Berlin Senator, and moved to Möltenort near Heikendorf. He made study trips to Copenhagen and Norway and, with Fritz Stoltenberg, established an art school in 1905. In 1907, he was awarded the Villa Romana Prize, allowing him to stay in Florence for a year.

From 1912 to 1930, Burmester taught at the Kunstakademie Kassel and was named Professor in 1917. His notable student during this period was landscape painter Sepp Vees. After 1930, he returned to Möltenort and continued his work at the Heikendorf Artists' Colony until his death.