id: 173963 accession number: 1930.850 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.850 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:48.767000 Setting Sun through the Catalpas (Late August Sunset), August 27, 1916. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). Watercolor and opaque watercolor with graphite on wove paper; sheet: 50.5 x 35.3 cm (19 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1930.850 Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation title: Setting Sun through the Catalpas (Late August Sunset) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: August 27, 1916 creation date earliest: 1916 creation date latest: 1916 current location: creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection copyright: Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation --- culture: America, 20th century technique: Watercolor and opaque watercolor with graphite on wove paper department: Drawings collection: DR - American 20th Century type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: Straus 142; Trovato 196 --- CREATORS * Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967) - artist Charles Burchfield was among the most original and poetic painters of the Cleveland modernist movement. Born in Ashtabula, he moved to Salem, Ohio, following the death of his father in 1898. After graduating from high school, he attended Cleveland School of Art, studying with William Eastman, Frederick Gottwald, Henry Keller, and Frank Wilcox. In 1914 Burchfield began attending Kokoon Klub exhibitions, and in spring 1915 he went to Brandywine to meet William Sommer. Around this time Burchfild began experimenting with the brilliant colors and simplified forms of the Berlin Heights painters. He painted his first mature works in 1915, and grad ed from the Cleveland School of Art with a degree in illustration the following spring. That summer the Cleveland School of Art sponsored his first solo exhibition, and in the fall, after attending the National Academy of Design in New York for one month, he returned to Salem. In February 1917 the Cleveland School of Art mounted his second solo exhibition. Burchfield was inducted into the army that summer. After his return in 1919 he exhibited with other Cleveland modernists at the Play House, Laukhuff’ s Book store, and other Cleveland venues. In 1921 he went on an extended sketching trip through eastern Ohio with Keller, Wilcox, and Paul Travis, exhibiting these recent paintings at the Cleveland School of Art and in the May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Later that year he moved to Buffalo to work as a wallpaper designer, a position he retained until he resigned in 1929 to become a full-time painter. Over the next 30 years he exhibited extensively at museums and galleries across the country. Solo exhibitions of his paintings were held at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (1930), Pittsburgh’ s Carnegie Institute of Art (1935, 1938, 1946), and Buffalo’ s Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1944, 1955, 1963, 1967). In 1953 New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art organized a major exhibition that traveled to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Burchfield died in West Seneca, New York.
"Transformations in Cleveland Art" (CMA, 1996), p. 224 --- measurements: Sheet: 50.5 x 35.3 cm (19 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: C E BURCHFIELD - 1916 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: An Exhibition of Water Colors and Oils by Charles Burchfield. opening date: 1938-03-08T05:00:00 An Exhibition of Water Colors and Oils by Charles Burchfield.. Carnegie Institute. title: Expressionism and Related Movements opening date: 1939-01-26T05:00:00 Expressionism and Related Movements. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 26-February 28, 1939). title: Charles Burchfield: A Retrospective Exhibition of Watercolors and Oils 1916-1943 opening date: 1945-01-04T05:00:00 Charles Burchfield: A Retrospective Exhibition of Watercolors and Oils 1916-1943. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 4-28, 1945). title: Charles Burchfield Retrospective Exhibition opening date: 1956-12-28T05:00:00 Charles Burchfield Retrospective Exhibition. Whitney Museum of American Art (January 11-February 26, 1956); The Baltimore Museum of Art (March 14-April 22, 1956); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (May 9-June 17, 1956); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (July 11-August 19, 1956); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 5-October 14, 1956); The Phillips Collection (November 4-December 11, 1956); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 28, 1956-February 10, 1957). title: Paintings by Charles Burchfield. opening date: 1964-12-03T05:00:00 Paintings by Charles Burchfield.. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of American Art. title: Eight American Masters of Watercolor: Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Maurice B. Prendergast, John Marin, Arthur G. Dove, Charles Demuth, Charles E. Burchfield, Andrew Wyeth opening date: 1968-04-23T05:00:00 Eight American Masters of Watercolor: Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Maurice B. Prendergast, John Marin, Arthur G. Dove, Charles Demuth, Charles E. Burchfield, Andrew Wyeth. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (April 23-June 16, 1968); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum (June 28-August 18, 1968); Seattle Art Museum (September 5-October 13, 1968). title: The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition, 1893–1967, Paints, Drawings, Prints opening date: 1970-04-03T05:00:00 The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition, 1893–1967, Paints, Drawings, Prints. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY (organizer) (April 3-June 14, 1970). title: Cleveland Traditions: Water Colors and Enamels from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1983-09-30T04:00:00 Cleveland Traditions: Water Colors and Enamels from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Frank J. Lausche State Office Building. title: Cleveland Traditions: Enamels and Watercolors from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1983-09-30T04:00:00 Cleveland Traditions: Enamels and Watercolors from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-October 16, 1983). title: Charles Burchfield. opening date: 1984-01-30T05:00:00 Charles Burchfield.. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (January 30-March 25, 1984); Milwaukee Art Museum (April 20-June 19, 1984); Oklahoma City Museum of Art (September 14-November 11, 1984). title: The Early Work of Charles E. Burchfield opening date: 1987-12-13T05:00:00 The Early Work of Charles E. Burchfield. Columbus Museum of Art (December 13, 1987-February 7, 1988); Laguna Art Museum (March 5-April 24, 1988); Burchfield Penney Art Center (May 14-July 3, 1988). title: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield: North by Midwest opening date: 1997-03-25T05:00:00 The Paintings of Charles Burchfield: North by Midwest. Columbus Museum of Art (March 25-May 19, 1997); Burchfield Penney Art Center (June 15-August 17, 1997); National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC (September 1, 1997-January 25, 1998). title: Visions Out the Window and Down the Street: A Golden Anniversary Celebration of the Art of Charles E. Burchfield at the Brauer Museum of Art opening date: 2004-07-24T00:00:00 Visions Out the Window and Down the Street: A Golden Anniversary Celebration of the Art of Charles E. Burchfield at the Brauer Museum of Art. Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN (organizer) (July 24-October 10, 2004). title: Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920 opening date: 2018-12-22T05:00:00 Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 2018-May 5, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 228). Cleveland Museum of Art (October 19, 2009 - February 22, 2010).', 'opening_date': '2009-10-19T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, NY, sold to Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) date: 1930 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1930- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Baur, John I. H. The Inlander: Life and Work of Charles Burchfield 1893-1967. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1984. page number: Mentioned: p. 40; Reproduced: p. 44 url: Maciejunes, Nannette V., and Michael D. Hall. The Paintings of Charles Burchfield: North by Midwest. Exh. Cat. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in association with the Columbus Museum of Art, 1997. page number: Mentioned: pp. 114-115; Reproduced: p. 115 url: Townsend, J. Benjamin, ed. Charles Burchfield's Journals: The Poetry of Place. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. page number: Mentioned: p. 431 url: Exhibition of Paintings by Charles Burchfield. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland School of Art, 1941. page number: Mentioned: no. 5 url: Maciejunes, Nannette V. The Early Works of Charles E. Burchfield, 1915-1921. Exh. Cat. Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, 1987. page number: Mentioned: no. 25; Reproduced: p. 37 url: Bauer, John I. H. Charles Burchfield. Exh. Cat. New York: Whitney Museum, 1956. page number: Mentioned: no. 8; Reproduced: plate 4 url: O'Connor, John, Jr. "Charles Burchfield: Exhibition of His Paintings at the Carnegie Institute." Carnegie Magazine 11 (March 1938): 309-312. page number: url: "Pittsburgh: A Comprehensive Showing of the Work of Burchfield." Art News 36 (April 2, 1938): 18. page number: url: Trovato, Joseph S. The Nature of Charles Burchfield: A Memorial Exhibition, 1893–1967, Paints, Drawings, Prints. Exh. Cat. Utica, NY: Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1970. page number: Mentioned: no. 68 url: Curry, Larry. Eight American Masters of Watercolor: Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Maurice B. Prendergast, John Marin, Arthur G. Dove, Charles Demuth, Charles E. Burchfield, Andrew Wyeth. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968. page number: Mentioned: no. 83; Reproduced url: Trovato, Joseph S. Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections. Utica: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1970. page number: Mentioned: p. 51, no. 196; Reproduced: p. 36 url: --- IMAGES