Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967 Search this
Extent:
2 Items
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1941 and undated
Scope and Contents:
A photocopy of a letter from Charles Burchfield, circa 1959, including his explanation of the medium and subject matter of his watercolor "Great Cloud Shadow." The explanation accompanied the painting which the Wadsworth Atheneum acquired in 1960 from the Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery. Also found is an exhibition catalog, 1941.
Biographical / Historical:
Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) was a watercolorist and painter; West Seneca, New York.
Provenance:
Donated 1960 by the Wadsworth Atheneum via Charles Cunningham.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- West Seneca Search this
Three page hand written, illustrated letter on one folded sheet from Charles Burchfield to his sister Louise. Burchfield painted a detail of his watercolor "Winter Bouquet" on the front of the card. Burchfield writes that he originally created a woodcut of "Winter Bouquet" but did not feel that it was "Burchfieldesque" enough and he instead made a watercolor. The letter also references upcoming plans for Christmas and the untimely deaths of Burchfield's sister, Frances and mother, Alice (they died June 13 and June 23, 1933, respectively). Burchfield and Louise were saddened that this would be the first Christmas without Frances and Alice.
Biographical / Historical:
Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) was a watercolorist, illustrator, and painter in New York and Ohio.
Provenance:
Provenance unknown.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Charles Burchfield : the Charles Rand Penney Collection / with essays by Charles Rand Penney, Bruce W. Chambers, Joseph S. Czestochowski ; and catalogue by Julie Hartenstein ; organized by Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Charles Ephraim Burchfield. Charles Ephraim Burchfield letter to Louise Burchfield, 1933. Charles Burchfield letter to Louise Burchfield, 1933. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Charles Ephraim Burchfield. Alan M. Pensler letter from Charles Burchfield, 1966 Aug. 3. Alan M. Pensler letter from Charles Burchfield, 1966 Aug. 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Charles Ephraim Burchfield. Charles Ephraim Burchfield letter to Paul B. Travis, 1930 Jan. 16. Paul B. Travis papers, 1925-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Charles Ephraim Burchfield. Charles Ephraim Burchfield letter to Lawrence Arthur Fleischman, Detroit, Mich., 1956 Mar. 17. Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman papers, 1837-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
American water colour exhibition : catalogue 1954-55 [presenting the works by seven leading American artists: Charles Burchfield ... et al. ; sponsored by the American Federation of Art] / organized by the All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society
Extending the golden year : Charles Burchfield centennial : [exhibition] March 6-April 25, 1993, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York / Ruth Osgood Trovato, guest curator
Charles Burchfield : [exhibition at] Whitney Museum of American Art, January 11-February 26, 1956 ... [et al. / text by John I.H. Baur ; research by Rosalind Irvine] ; exhibition and catalogue by the Whitney Museum of American Art
