Wake up in night in midst of thunderstorm. Morning hot, breezy and cloudy. Visit to Mullins. At library. Introduction by John Burroughs. The power and majesty of thunderstorm. The darkened trees twinkling 37a. sharply against metallically bright sky of South. The rain comes down terrifically. Fine

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Charles E. Burchfield: The Studio - Burchfield Penney Art Center

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Charles Burchfield. The Interurban Line. 1920. Watercolor and pencil on paper. 14 3/4 x 20 3/4

Burchfield Penney Art Center on Instagram: “#Burchfield #IHOW #inhisownwords A calm clear blue sky – day – a few white clouds – I saw swallows bow-shaped black atoms & skimming in…”

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Bluebird and Cottonwoods, 1917, watercolor, gouache and graphite on joined paper mounted on board

The rain turned to snow in the night—the refreshing mist of sifted snow dampened my face at 6 o’clock – In town shopping for Christmas, and most of the afternoon writing some unavoidable letters—but the house atmosphere cramped me—at last I am free, and taking the snow

Richard Cartwright studied at Goldsmith’s College School of Art. He shortly decided against formal training dissatisfied ‘with the Twentieth Century obsession with art as a mere self-expression’ and set out alone aspiring to an art that is spiritual, transcendent and mysterious. He has long believed that a picture requires a...

Burchfield - Stars and Fires

Burchfield - Red Sun, 1920

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Charles Burchfield, "Gray House" (circa 1920)

Charles Burchfield - The Haunted House

Those who knew him said Charles Burchfield looked like an unassuming, reticent small-town bookkeeper or accountant. In reality, Burchfield (1893‱967) was one of America⁳ most original artists and a premier Twentieth Century watercolorist. Most of Burchfield⁳ watercolors reflect fantasy interpretations of his childhood dreams and adult visions, but around 1918‱920, he applied his knowledge of European Modernist strategies and began to paint more abstractly with flattened space and arbitrary colors. The result was a series of austere architectural vignettes that reflected a skeptical native⁳ interpretation of the vernacular structures in and around small Midwestern towns †stark houses and industrial landscapes, stylized puffs of smoke, mines, railroad yards and barren trees. The evolution of this new aesthetic is documented in the first-ever exhibition on this period in the artist⁳ life, ⁃harles Burchfield, 1920: The Architecture of Painting,†on view at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N.Y., through November 29.

Those who knew him said Charles Burchfield looked like an unassuming, reticent small-town bookkeeper or accountant. In reality, Burchfield (1893‱967) was one of America⁳ most original artists and a premier Twentieth Century watercolorist. Most of Burchfield⁳ watercolors reflect fantasy interpretations of his childhood dreams and adult visions, but around 1918‱920, he applied his knowledge of European Modernist strategies and began to paint more abstractly with flattened space and arbitrary colors. The result was a series of austere architectural vignettes that reflected a skeptical native⁳ interpretation of the vernacular structures in and around small Midwestern towns †stark houses and industrial landscapes, stylized puffs of smoke, mines, railroad yards and barren trees. The evolution of this new aesthetic is documented in the first-ever exhibition on this period in the artist⁳ life, ⁃harles Burchfield, 1920: The Architecture of Painting,†on view at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N.Y., through November 29.

CHARLES BURCHFIELD House at Sunset (1917)

Charles Burchfield, an American artist famous for his American Scene paintings of the 1920s and '30s, incorporated unique symbols into his work to express moods, sounds, movement, and sensations.

View Houses in Winter By Charles Ephraim Burchfield; Watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on card stock; 450x350 mm; 17 3/4x14 inches ; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.