Charles Burchfield
- Introduction
- Charles Ephraim Burchfield (April 9, 1893 – January 10, 1967) was an American painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes. The largest collection of Burchfield's paintings, archives and journals are in the collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo. His paintings are in the collections of many major museums in the USA and have been the subject of exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hammer Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art, as well as other prominent institutions.
- Wikidata
- Q3349279
- Introduction
- Primarily associated with American Scene Painting, Burchfield was schooled in Cleveland and began painting decorative and expressively colored watercolors ca. 1915. He married, moved to a suburb of Buffalo, and began working as a designer of a wallpaper firm in 1922. Painting full-time by 1929, his works became larger, and he concentrated on realist, urban subjects, such as the industry around Buffalo. In 1936-1937, Fortune magazine commissioned Burchfield to paint railway yards and coal mines. During his later period, from 1943-1967, his works became more expressionist, evoking his pantheist beliefs. Comment on works: Landscapes
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Illustrator, Painter
- Names
- Charles Ephraim Burchfield, Charles Burchfield, Charles E. Burchfield, Charles Birchfield, Burchfield
- Ulan
- 500015189
Exhibitions
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American Modern: Hopper to O’Keeffe
Aug 17, 2013–Jan 26, 2014
MoMA
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Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983
Oct 19, 2011–Feb 12, 2012
MoMA
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From Henri Toulouse-Lautrec to Andy Warhol: Exploring Techniques
Sep 18, 1997–Feb 8, 1998
MoMA
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From the Collection: A Century of American Drawing
May 23–Sep 17, 1996
MoMA
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Impressions of Nature
Sep 16, 1995–Jan 2, 1996
MoMA
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Charles Burchfield Untitled (Dropping Tree Branches) 1915
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Charles Burchfield Untitled 1915
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Charles Burchfield The City 1916
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Charles Burchfield Rogues' Gallery 1916
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Charles Burchfield Garden of Memories 1917
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Charles Burchfield Insects at Twilight 1917
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Charles Burchfield The First Hepaticas (1917-18)
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Charles Burchfield The Night Wind 1918
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Charles Burchfield Railroad Gantry (1920)
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Charles Burchfield The Interurban Line 1920
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Charles Burchfield Pippin House, East Liverpool, Ohio (1920)
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Charles Burchfield Back Alley Scene 1920
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Charles Burchfield Crows in March 1951, printed 1952
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