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What is Charles Burchfield known for?
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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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Spuyten Duyvel, New York Watercolor, Impressionist, Early 20th Century
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Charles E. Burchfield’s Spuyten Duyvel, New York, signed and dated June 16, 1907, is a delicate and atmospheric watercolor that captures the quiet, pastoral character of the landscap...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist 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
Early Spring, 1917
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burchfield referred to 1917 as his ‘golden year,’ a period when his close observation of nature evolved into a uniquely stylized, symbolic mode of expression. Painted during ...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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
Untitled (Trees)
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 American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Charles Burchfield Preparatory Sketch, Early 20th Century
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
Untitled (Preparatory Drawing for Skyscape), Early 20th Century
Pencil on paper
12 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.
Inscribed: blue / white / blue / RV
Born in Ashtab...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
