Life Cycles: The Charles E. Burchfield Collection
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)
Camp Road, Jackson, South Carolina, 1918
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches
The Charles Rand Penney Collection
Burchfield, whose primary inspiration was nature and its seasonal shifts, developed themes in cyclical fashion, often returning to earlier concepts and adapting them for more complex uses. American life, the dwindling open countryside, the passage of time, childhood memory, and spirituality are themes that inform his interpretations of : nature. His personal repertoire of motifs abstracted from nature are traced in the exhibition in works ranging from the artist's fanciful doodles to his majestic watercolors.
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)
Untitled (Gothic Window Trees), 1918
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 14 x 10 inches
Burchfield-Penney Art Center
Images and text courtesy of Burchfield-Penney Art Center and The American Federation of Arts.
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