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Townsend Road
1957 · Watercolor over graphite on paper
27 × 39 3/4 in. (68.6 × 101 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Charles Ephraim Burchfield
1893–1967
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Ashtabula Harbor, OH, USA
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Charles Ephraim Burchfield was an American painter whose watercolors transformed the visual language of the American landscape and small town. Working from Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, he developed a distinctly personal approach to nature scenes and townscapes, employing expressive mark-making and heightened color to convey emotional intensity rather than topographical accuracy. His work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and MoMA. The Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo holds the most comprehensive collection of his paintings, archives, and journals.
Source: Aic · Trust score: 40% · Updated 19d ago
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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