Wolf Burchard

Burchard held curatorial positions at the Royal Collection Trust (2009–2014) and the National Trust (2015–2018). In 2014, he co-organized the exhibition The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy, 1714–1760, shown at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace to mark the tercentenary of the Hanoverian succession.{{Cite web|title=Vortrag in Celle: Wie London die Personalunion feiert|url=https://www.cz.de/Celle/Aus-der-Stadt/Celle-Stadt/Vortrag-in-Celle-Wie-London-die-Personalunion-feiert|access-date=2021-11-08|website=CZ – Cellesche Zeitung|language=de}} At the National Trust, he oversaw the digital cataloguing of the trust's collection of 55,000 pieces of furniture.{{cite news |title=Meet the National Trust's Furniture Research Curator, Supported by Royal Oak |url=https://www.royal-oak.org/2015/10/14/meet-the-national-trusts-furniture-research-curator-supported-by-royal-oak/ |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=The Royal Oak Foundation |date=14 October 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Stamp |first1=Agnes |title=Cotswolds Number |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/publication/country-life/country-life-september-13-2017 |access-date=3 August 2021 |work=Country Life |date=13 September 2017 |language=en}}

He is the curator of Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts (2021),{{Cite web |title=Inspiring Walt Disney |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2021/inspiring-walt-disney |access-date=2021-10-29 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}{{Cite web|date=2021-12-23|title=The European Rococo Style That Inspired Walt Disney|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/12/the-european-rococo-style-that-inspired-walt-disney/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=National Review|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Budick|first=Ariella|date=2021-12-20|title=Inspiring Walt Disney at the Met — from Meissen to the Magic Kingdom|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/94a66252-0ee1-43bb-86c6-abc60d4d67f8|access-date=2022-01-03}}{{Cite web|date=2021-12-18|title=Centuries-old art behind Disney's best animated films arrives at the Met|url=https://nypost.com/2021/12/18/centuries-old-art-that-inspired-disney-arrives-at-the-met/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=New York Post|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|author=Jacqui Palumbo|title=The European art and architecture that inspired iconic Disney films|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/inspiring-walt-disney-metropolitan-museum-european-decorative-arts/index.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=CNN|date=30 December 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-12-09|title=Walt Disney's Secret Inspiration? French Decorative Arts|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/walt-disneys-secret-inspiration-french-decorative-arts|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Architectural Digest|language=en-US}} the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first ever exhibit devoted to Walt Disney, which was subsequently shown at the Wallace Collection in London and the Huntington Museum in San Marino, California.{{Cite news |last=Januszczak |first=Waldemar |title=Inspiring Walt Disney at the Wallace Collection — the surprising links between French rococo and Frozen |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/inspiring-walt-disney-at-the-wallace-collection-the-surprising-links-between-french-rococo-and-frozen-djpv6ddtl |access-date=2022-04-25 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Laura |title=Disney's rococo roots {{!}} The Spectator |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/disney-s-rococo-roots |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=www.spectator.co.uk |date=21 April 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-03 |title=Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts review – brilliant and bewitching |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/apr/03/inspiring-walt-disney-the-animation-of-french-decorative-arts-review-brilliant-and-bewitching |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Lucy |date=2022-04-02 |title=Inspiring Walt Disney, Wallace Collection, review: how French rococo gave us American cartoons |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/inspiring-walt-disney-wallace-collection-review-french-rococo/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cite book |last1=Burchard |first1=Wolf |title=Inspiring Walt Disney |date=2021 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=9781588397416 |url=https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?k=9781588397416 |access-date=2 August 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Rizzo |first1=Cailey |title=A Disney Exhibit Is Headed To the Met at the End of 2021 |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/metropolitan-museum-walt-disney-exhibit-new-york-city |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=Travel + Leisure |date=30 June 2021 |language=en}} Burchard led the 22 million dollar renovation of the Met's British Galleries, of which the re-opening marked the museum's 150th anniversary.{{cite news |last1=Loos |first1=Ted |title=The Met's Just-Opened Galleries Cast a New Light on British Decorative Arts |url=https://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/british-galleries-met/ |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=1stDibs Introspective |date=6 March 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Online Lecture {{!}} Wolf Burchard on The Met's New British Galleries |url=https://enfilade18thc.com/2020/06/13/online-lecture-wolf-burchard-on-the-mets-new-british-galleries/ |publisher=Enfilade |access-date=2 August 2021 |language=en |date=13 June 2020}}{{cite news |title=Metropolitan Museum Unveils Plans For New British Decorative Arts Galleries |url=https://www.artlyst.com/previews/metropolitan-museum-unveils-plans-new-british-decorative-arts-galleries/ |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=Artlyst |date=9 November 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Saenger |first1=Peter |title=A New Look at Britain's Old Treasures |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-look-at-britains-old-treasures-11579809790 |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=23 January 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Kenney |first1=Nancy |title=In the Met's British galleries, a tale of artisans spurred by entrepreneurial forces |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/in-the-met-s-british-galleries-a-tale-of-artisans-spurred-by-entrepreneurial-forces |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=The Art Newspaper |date=27 February 2020 |language=en}}

Burchard was born and raised in Paris, France. He read history of art and architecture at the universities of Tübingen, Vienna and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, from which he holds an MA and PhD. In 2022, he received the Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation's Visionary Award in recognition of contributions to curatorial practice and the history of art and architecture. In October 2023, Burchard was appointed a Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

• The Sovereign Artist: Charles Le Brun and the Image of Louis XIV, Paul Holberton Publishing, London 2016{{cite journal |last1=Bensoussan |first1=Nicole |title=The Sovereign Artist: Charles Le Brun and the Image of Louis XIV. Wolf Burchard. London: Paul Holberton, 2016. 288 pp. £40. |journal=Renaissance Quarterly |date=2019 |volume=72 |issue=2 |pages=619–620 |doi=10.1017/rqx.2019.148 |s2cid=233345884 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renaissance-quarterly/article/abs/sovereign-artist-charles-le-brun-and-the-image-of-louis-xiv-wolf-burchard-london-paul-holberton-2016-288-pp-40/D5D823CD8F2CFC9772873AA8AA0C3890 |access-date=3 August 2021 |language=en |issn=0034-4338|url-access=subscription }}
• Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, New York and New Haven 2021{{Cite web|title=Inspiring Walt Disney {{!}} Yale University Press|url=https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9781588397416/inspiring-walt-disney|access-date=2021-10-29|website=yalebooks.yale.edu}}{{Cite news |last=Penny |first=Nicholas |date=2022-10-06 |title=At the Wallace Collection |language=en |volume=44 |work=London Review of Books |issue=19 |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n19/nicholas-penny/at-the-wallace-collection |access-date=2022-10-03 |issn=0260-9592}}
• "Savonnerie Reviewed: Charles Le Brun and the 'Grand tapis de pied d'ouvrage à la Turque' woven for the Grande Galerie at the Louvre", Furniture History (2012): 1-43.
• "Royal Remains" (What’s the point of rebuilding Germany’s palaces?), Apollo: The International Art Magazine (March 2016): 146–152{{Cite web|date=2016-03-10|title=What's the point of rebuilding Germany's palaces?|url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/whats-the-point-of-rebuilding-germanys-palaces/|access-date=2021-10-29|website=Apollo Magazine|language=en-US}}
• "Game of Thrones" (Royal Thrones through the Ages), Apollo: The International Art Magazine (March 2018): 162–166
• "Don’t Pull the Rug From Under Our Feet!" (Historic Carpets in English Country Houses), Country Life (December 2018): 190–194
• "Nation of Shopkeepers: A Very Brief History of British Decorative Arts", The New British Galleries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Spring 2020): 5–29{{cite web |title=The New British Galleries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/The_New_British_Galleries?Tag=&title=&author=&pt=%7B05598FA1-8F02-4579-A088-9F7BC7165316%7D&tc=0&dept=0&fmt=0 |publisher=The Met Museum |access-date=10 August 2021}}

Burchard is a regular contributor to Apollo Magazine, The Art Newspaper and Furniture History.{{cite web |title=Author: Wolf Burchard |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/author/wolf-burchard/ |website=Apollo Magazine |access-date=3 August 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=ROWELL |first1=CHRISTOPHER |last2=BURCHARD |first2=WOLF |title=The British Embassy at Palais Starhemberg: Furniture from the Congress of Vienna at Mount Stewart |journal=Furniture History |date=2017 |volume=53 |pages=191–223 |jstor=45135810 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45135810 |access-date=10 August 2021 |issn=0016-3058}}{{cite news |last1=Burchard |first1=Wolf |title=Neil MacGregor: why the Humboldt Forum is 'an amazing opportunity to attract new audiences' |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/why-the-new-space-is-an-amazing-opportunity-to-attract-new-audiences |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=www.theartnewspaper.com |date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726135908/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/why-the-new-space-is-an-amazing-opportunity-to-attract-new-audiences |archive-date=26 July 2021 |language=en}}

Wolf Burchard is the great nephew of modernist architect and Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and the brother of film and theatre actresses Marie Burchard and Bettina Burchard.{{Cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Fiona |title=Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus |publisher=Faber & Faber |year=2019 |location=London}}

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