Born in 1872, the American sculptor John E. Burdick studied art at the Norwich Art School in Vermont, then in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, before expanding his knowledge in France and Italy.
For 17 years, he worked under the tutelage of New York sculptor J. Massey Rhind. In particular, he assisted him in the creation of a model for the equestrian statue of George Washington in Newark, New Jersey.
He later produced a series of sculptural plaques representing seasonal sports - field hockey, baseball, gymnastics - which met with some success.
Among his creations are a violin and the aluminum double bass (1932) used in a shoot conducted by Jean-Daniel Lorieux on the roofs of the Hôtel Intercontinental in Paris in 2016.
