GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1982 publication Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern.
Charles Burchfield was born in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. After the death of his father in 1898 he moved to Salem, Ohio, where he attended high school and worked in a local factory. From very early on, he showed a decorative flair in drawing, and his immersion in nature as a youth left a lasting mark. In 1912 he entered the Cleveland School of Art, studying under Henry Keller, and four years later accepted a scholarship to the National Academy of Design but stayed only two months. Returning to Salem, he produced his first important watercolors interpreting the sounds and moods of nature and his own nature fantasies. Already he was developing personal symbols and decorative stylizations to express his subjective reactions. Following service in the Army, Burchfield moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1921 to become assistant designer in a wallpaper company. In 1929, Frank Rehn, a New York dealer, agreed to represent his work, and he was able for the first time to devote himself fully to painting. During this period he switched into a dark and weighty realist style with which he chronicled the drabness of architecture and street scenes in mid-western industrial cities. In the 1940s, however, he returned to a more romantic, high-keyed, and calligraphic manner, reviving the subjectivity of his early work but now characterized by greater discipline and structure. Burchfield received wide recognition during his lifetime as one of America's leading realists. He lived in Gardenville near Buffalo until his death in 1967.
Adapted from
Steven A. Nash, Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, September 26- November 14, 1982, (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts), 152.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY~Explore the life and works of Charles E. Burchfield.
- Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA~Learn more about the landscapes of Charles E. Burchfield.
- Burchfield Homestead Society~Read about the artist and his home at the Historic Artists' Homes and Studios website.
- YouTube~Watch this video about Charles Burchfield created by the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
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General Description
The following essay is from the 1982 publication Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern.
Charles Burchfield was born in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. After the death of his father in 1898 he moved to Salem, Ohio, where he attended high school and worked in a local factory. From very early on, he showed a decorative flair in drawing, and his immersion in nature as a youth left a lasting mark. In 1912 he entered the Cleveland School of Art, studying under Henry Keller, and four years later accepted a scholarship to the National Academy of Design but stayed only two months. Returning to Salem, he produced his first important watercolors interpreting the sounds and moods of nature and his own nature fantasies. Already he was developing personal symbols and decorative stylizations to express his subjective reactions. Following service in the Army, Burchfield moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1921 to become assistant designer in a wallpaper company. In 1929, Frank Rehn, a New York dealer, agreed to represent his work, and he was able for the first time to devote himself fully to painting. During this period he switched into a dark and weighty realist style with which he chronicled the drabness of architecture and street scenes in mid-western industrial cities. In the 1940s, however, he returned to a more romantic, high-keyed, and calligraphic manner, reviving the subjectivity of his early work but now characterized by greater discipline and structure. Burchfield received wide recognition during his lifetime as one of America's leading realists. He lived in Gardenville near Buffalo until his death in 1967.
Adapted from
Steven A. Nash, Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, September 26- November 14, 1982, (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts), 152.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY~Explore the life and works of Charles E. Burchfield.
- Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA~Learn more about the landscapes of Charles E. Burchfield.
- Burchfield Homestead Society~Read about the artist and his home at the Historic Artists' Homes and Studios website.
- YouTube~Watch this video about Charles Burchfield created by the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
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