September Wind and Rain, 1949
24" x 48" watercolor, mounted on board
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Charles Burchfield
(American 1893-1967)
Watercolorist Charles Ephraim Burchfield was one of America's most original and visionary watercolor artists. Best known for his romantic, often fantastic depictions of nature, Burchfield developed a unique style of watercolor painting that reflected distinctly American subjects and his profound respect for nature and man's relation to reality as received through all the senses.
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Burchfield was born on April 9, 1893, in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. Five years later, following the death of his father, his family moved to Salem, Ohio, where he graduated from high school as class valedictorian in 1911. He attended the Cleveland School of Art and studied with William Sommer, Henry G. Keller, Frank N. Wilcox, and William J. Eastman.
Additional Links:
burchfield-penney art center
www.kenygalleries.com
smithsonian magazine article
burchfield homestead society
cleveland artists foundation
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