Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

by Patrick Penrose Published Nov 15, 2025

Burt Shonberg is one of the best-kept secrets in the art world.

But his art, having only ever been exhibited once before in a solo exhibition in Los Angeles in 1967, is about to be re-introduced to the world some 50 years later by historian, curator, and longtime Shonberg advocate Brian Chidester at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick in Cleveland Ohio. The exhibition opens on August 17, 2021, and will be accompanied by the first-ever catalog of Shonberg’s works.

Brian says.. “..Shonberg was too strange for even the ’60s California sci-fi world, and too far removed from the fine art establishment, to be embraced by either. Even today, when radical viewpoints are commonplace in the art world, Shonberg has yet to receive recognition. Meanwhile, a unique body of work remains hidden in plain sight.”

Have a look at some of the works in the exhibition and a selection of other works by the artist.

The catalog will be available through the Buckland Museum upon the exhibition’s opening, which runs from August 17th – November 1st, 2021.

More info: bucklandmuseum.org

#1 A 1954 Watercolor Made By Burt Shonberg When The Artist Was 21 Years Old. Curator Brian Chidester Has Referred To This Work As The Artist’s Earliest Known Masterpiece

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#2 Burt Shonberg Title Unknown 1960 Casein On Panel

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#3 Burt Shonberg Painting, No Date

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#4 Exterior Of Cafe Frankenstein By Burt Shonberg, Laguna Beach California Exterior Of Cafe Frankenstein, Photograph By Doris I. Walker May 1961

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#5 Burt Shonberg “Mars The God Of War” 1964

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#6 Burt Shonberg Title Unknown Circa 1958 – 1960 Casein On Panel 32 X 50 Inches. This Is Most Likely A Portrait Of Shonberg’s Partner At The Time The Well Known Artist And Occultist Marjorie Cameron

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#7 Burt Shonberg Painting Date Unknown (Illegible, Possibly 1965)

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#8 Burt Shonberg “Edith” 1958 Casein On Panel 48 X 48 Inches

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#9 Burt Shonberg Drawing Made For Gamma Magazine Vol 1 No 2 1963

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#10 Burt Shonberg “Earth Child” 1961

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#11 Painting By Burt Shonberg From The Collection Of Ringo Starr

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#12 Painting By Burt Shonberg From The Collection Of Ringo Starr

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#13 Front And Back Cover Of “Out Here” Album By Love By Burt Shonberg

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#14 Burt Shonberg’s Art On The Covers Of Spirit’s Album “Spirit Of ’76”

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#15 Burt Shonberg Title Unknown Circa 1958 – 1960 Casein On Panel 20 X 16 Inches. While This Painting Is Dated 3 – 4 – 59 And Predates His Participation In The Lsd Experiments With Dr. Oscar Janiger, It Bears A Striking Affinity To Works Known To Have Been Produced At The Time

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#16 Burt Shonberg Drawing Made For Gamma Magazine Vol 1 No 2 1963

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#17 Burt Shonberg Drawing Made For Gamma Magazine Vol 1 No 2 1963

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#18 Burt Shonberg Drawing Made For Gamma Magazine Vol 1 No 2 1963

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#19 Burt Shonberg Drawing Made For Gamma Magazine Vol 1 No 2 1963

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#20 Burt Shonberg Painting Commissioned By Esteemed Director Roger Corman For The Film “The House Of Usher” 1960 Staring Vincent Price

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#21 Burt Shonberg Painting Commissioned By Esteemed Director Roger Corman For The Film “The House Of Usher” 1960 Staring Vincent Price

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#22 Burt Shonberg Painting Commissioned By Esteemed Director Roger Corman For The Film “The House Of Usher” 1960 Staring Vincent Price

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#23 Burt Shonberg Painting Commissioned By Esteemed Director Roger Corman For The Film “The House Of Usher” 1960 Staring Vincent Price

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#24 Burt Shonberg Painting Commissioned By Esteemed Director Roger Corman For The Film “The House Of Usher” 1960 Staring Vincent Price

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#25 Drawing By Burt Shonberg Used For Their 1988 Release

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#26 Drawing By Burt Shonberg From The Collection Of Ringo Starr

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#27 Close Up Of Painting Made By Burt Shonberg For The Roger Corman Film “The Premature Burial” 1962.. Painting Is Never Shown In It’s Entirety In The Film, Only Through A Close Up And A Masterful Pan

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#28 Burt Shonberg Painting Circa 1965

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#29 Burt Shonberg, Vincent Price And Roger Corman On The Set Of “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” 1960

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#30 Burt Shonberg’s Art In The Film “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” Staring Vincent Price 1960

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#31 Burt Shonberg “Untitled (Seated Figure)” 1961 Casein On Panel 38 X 38 Inches

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

#32 Burt Shonberg “Have No Fear, My Dear Mr. Ackerman. After All, We Are In Actuality Only Pen And Ink—Aren’t We?” 1957 Ink On Paper 8.75 X 18.75 In

Burt Shonberg, An Artist Whose Paintings Were In Roger Corman’s Films And Who Participated In 1960s LSD Experiments Has His First Showing In 50 Years At Buckland Museum Of Witchcraft And Magick

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