Artist

Burnham and Root

132130

Works

Painter

Style

Burnham’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation

Burnham & Root American, 1873–1891

Rookery Building, 209 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois: Grille from Interior Central Court

Burnham & Root (American, 1873-1891) Architect and designer: John Wellborn Root (American, 1850-1891)

Lunette from the Commerce Building, Chicago, Illinois

Burnham & Root American, 1873-1891

Saint Gabriel's Church, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Sketches

Burnham and Root (American, 1873-1891) John Wellborn Root (American, 1850-1891)

William J. Goudy House, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

Burnham and Root (American, 1873-1891) John Wellborn Root (American, 1850-1891)

Saint Gabriel's Church, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Section

Burnham and Root (American, 1873-1891) John Wellborn Root (American, 1850-1891)

Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Missouri, Front Elevation Study

Burnham & Root American, 1873–1891 John Wellborn Root American, 1850–1891

Women's Temple Building, Chicago, Illinois, Working Drawings

Burnham and Root (American, 1873–1892) Daniel Hudson Burnham (American, 1846–1912) John Wellborn Root (American, 1850–1891) E.C. Shankland (American, early 20th Cent.)

Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, Details

Burnham & Root (American, 1873-1891) Designer: John W. Root (American, 1850-1891)

Women's Temple Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ninth Floor Plan

Burnham and Root (American, 1873-1892) Daniel Hudson Burnham (American, 1846-1912) John Wellborn Root (American, 1850-1891) E.C. Shankland (American, early 20th cen.)

Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Section

Burnham & Root American, 1873–1891 John W. Root American, 1850–1891

Mills Building, San Francisco, California, Design Sketch

Burnham & Root American, 1873–1891 John Wellborn Root American, 1850–1891

J.W. Taylor Photograph Collection

Adler and Sullivan Solon Spencer Beman (1853-1914) William W. Boyington (1818-1898) Burnham and Root Cobb and Frost Holabird and Roche

Otis Elevator Company Collection

D.H. Burnham & Co. Holabird and Root Richard Ernest Schmidt (1865-1958)

World's Columbian Exposition Fine Arts Museum, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

John Wellborn Root American, 1850-1891 Paul C. Lautrup, delineator American, active 1890s

Carbon and Carbide Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Sketch

Burnham Brothers (American, 1924-1929) Daniel Hudson Burnham, Jr. (American, 1886-1961) Hubert Burnham (American, 1882-1968)

Balcony Railing Section from the Mecca Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois

Edbrooke and Burnham (American, 1879–1892) Franklin Pierce Burnham (American, 1853-1909) Willoughby J. Edbrooke (American, 1843-1896)

Plan of Chicago, Plate 63, Plan of a Proposed Park

Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846–1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874–1954

Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park

Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846–1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874–1954