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Charles Ephraim Burchfield is a watercolor artist best known for romantic and sometimes fantastic depictions of nature. His unique style of watercolor found him standing at an easel and applying paint with a dry brush technique, reworking the surface during his process or much later. His body of work is divided into three periods including figuration, houses and towns, and abstractions. Shop a selection of Burchfield pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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Winter Sun
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burchfield depicts a snowy hillside striated by the shadows of bare trees in his watercolor painting, “Winter Sun.”
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pencil
Before the Storm
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor on paper by American modernist Charles E. Burchfield, created in 1916.
This work comes in an archival frame presentation and has been authenticated by the Bur...
Category
1910s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fires of Spring in Big Woods
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamp lower right
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Alley Light, 1915
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burchfield adds his signature mysticism to his watercolor rendering of a street corner at night in his work entitled, “Alley Light.”
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board, Pencil
Rare Charles Burchfield Drawing Book plate Rare Black and White Museum Framed
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original rare bookplate drawing by Charles Burchfield featuring his most famous motifs of sunflowers.
Category
1910s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink
"Drawing Study" Charles Burchfield, American Modernism Design
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burchfield
Drawing Study
Graphite on paper
5 1/2 x 8 inches
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893–1967) was an American painter, best known for his watercolor landscapes. Burchfi...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
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