id: 131996
accession number: 1954.571
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.571
updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:33.296000
Backyards in Winter (Castoff Christmas Tree), January 1917. Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967). Watercolor, gouache, blue and orange crayons, and black wash on wove paper; sheet: 36.3 x 45.8 cm (14 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous gift in memory of Henry G. Keller 1954.571 Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
title: Backyards in Winter (Castoff Christmas Tree)
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creation date: January 1917
creation date earliest: 1917
creation date latest: 1917
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creditline: Anonymous gift in memory of Henry G. Keller
copyright: Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: watercolor, gouache, blue and orange crayons, and black wash on wove paper
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 20th Century
type: Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: Straus; 281; Trovato 245
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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
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measurements: Sheet: 36.3 x 45.8 cm (14 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: Fine Arts Exhibition
opening date: 1970-08-27T04:00:00
Fine Arts Exhibition. Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH (August 27-September 7, 1970).
title: Water Colors from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1973-07-23T04:00:00
Water Colors from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-September 16, 1973).
title: American Water Colors from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1974-07-23T04:00:00
American Water Colors from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-September 25, 1974).
title: Cleveland Watercolors and Enamels
opening date: 1976-04-20T05:00:00
Cleveland Watercolors and Enamels. Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH (organizer) (April 20-July 26, 1976).
title: Charles Burchfield
opening date: 1979-01-01T05:00:00
Charles Burchfield. Ashtabula Arts Center.
title: Charles Burchfield Exhibition
opening date: 1979-05-30T04:00:00
Charles Burchfield Exhibition. Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, OH (organizer) (May 30-June 6, 1979).
title: Japanese Artists Who Studied in the U.S.A.
opening date: 1982-07-24T04:00:00
Japanese Artists Who Studied in the U.S.A.. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (July 24-September 11, 1982); National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (September 14-October 11, 1982).
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: 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': '8th Exhibition of Water Colors and Pastels. The Cleveland Museum of Art (1930).', 'opening_date': '1930-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Henry Keller [1869-1949], Cleveland, Ohio
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Louise M. Dunn [1875-1962], gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
date: 1954
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1954-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Trovato, Joseph S. Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections. Utica: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1970.
page number: Mentioned: p. 56, no. 245
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