Mary Griggs Burke

Burke was born Mary Livingston Griggs in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 20, 1916, to Theodore W. Griggs and Mary Steele Livingston. Burke and her spouse began to collect Japanese art in the 1960s. This endeavor flourished and in 1972 the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation was created. On May 10, 1973, her foundation purchased their first art piece: a pair of six-panel folding screens by Kano Sanraku (1559-1635) titled View of the West Lake. Burke served as the foundation's President from the beginning to December 4, 2008, then was elected Honorary President until the end of her life. The collection of artwork is known as the most important collections of Japanese art held by a private group outside of Japan. The government of Japan awarded her the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1987. On March 16, 2015 the two museums jointly announced the details of their respective bequests. In addition to her home in New York City, she kept a winter home in Hobe Sound, Florida and her family summer home, Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon just outside Cable, Wisconsin. == Collection ==

File:KiyoharaYukinobu MonjuOnALion MIA L20153371.jpg|Monju on a Lion, hanging scroll by Kiyohara Yukinobu (1643-1682) File:MET 2015 300 175 b O1 Burke.jpg|Japanese Painting by Totoki Baigai, 19th century File:MET 2015 300 175a O1 Burke.jpg|Japanese Painting by Totoki Baigai, 19th century File:MET 2015 300 220 D1 Burke.jpg|Handscroll by Unkoku Toban, 17th century File:MET 2015 300 269 Burke website.jpg|Square Dish with Spring Flowers by Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) File:常滑大壺-Large Storage Jar (Ōtsubo) MET 2015 300 275 O Burke.jpg|Large Storage Jar (Ōtsubo), Tokoname ware, 16th century File:MET 2015 300 209 O Burke.jpg|Japanese Folding Fan by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) File:MET 2015 300 218b Burke website.jpg|Two Folding Fans on Panels by Okada Tamechika, 19th century File:狛犬像-Guardian Lion-Dogs MET 2015 300 257b Burke website.jpg|狛犬像, Guardian Lion Dog, Mid-13th century File:飛天像-Flying Apsaras (Hiten) MET 2015 300 251b Burke website.jpg|飛天像, Flying apsaras (Hiten), late 11th century to early 12th century File:春日鹿曼荼羅-Deer Mandala of Kasuga Shrine MET DP361152.jpg|Deer Mandala of Kasuga Shrine File:柳橋図屏風-Willows and Bridge MET DP362575.jpg|Willows and Bridge File:不動明王坐像-Fudō Myōō MET DP356182.jpg|Fudō Myōō File:十二神将の内-Six of the Twelve Divine Generals (Jūni shinshō) MET 2015 300 254a f Group1 Burke edit.jpg|Six of the Twelve Divine Generals (Jūni shinshō) File:탄은 이정- 대나무- 조선-灘隱 李霆-墨竹圖-朝鮮-Bamboo in the wind MET DP355790.jpg|Bamboo in the wind File:丹生明神像-Niu Myōjin MET DP217405.jpg|Niu Myōjin File:火焔土器-“Flame-Rimmed” Cooking Vessel (Kaen doki) MET 2015 300 258 Burke website.jpg|Flame-Rimmed” Cooking Vessel (Kaen doki) File:목조 보살 좌상-조선-木造菩薩坐像 朝鮮-Seated bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad) MET DP358652.jpg|Seated bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad) File:地蔵菩薩立像-Jizō Bosatsu MET 2015 300 250 F SF.jpg|The Burke Jizō by Kaikei (1203) ==References==