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  • Charles Burchfield, watercolor painter [GUIDE]

     Guide Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967) was a one-of-a-kind American watercolor painter who created wonderful transcendental images of nature who lived and worked primarily in Western New York. Visit the topics in this guide to learn about some major themes and influences in his artwork; discover selected representative paintings; and to hear and explore music I’ve composed [...]

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  • Nell Shaw Cohen, “Watercolors” (2011) paintings by Charles Burchfield

     Guide: Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), painter  Guide: Music Inspired by Art Watercolors (2011) is a work for wind quintet I composed inspired by the watercolor paintings of Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967), a brilliant American artist of the first half of the 20th century. The four movements of Watercolors correspond to four paintings: An April Mood, Autumnal Fantasy, Sun [...]

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  • Charles Burchfield, “Glory of Spring (Radiant Spring)” (1950) [VIDEO]

     Guide: Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), painter Related Topics: An Introduction to Charles Burchfield Charles Burchfield, “Autumnal Fantasy” (1916-44) Charles Burchfield, “Sun and Rocks” (1918-50) Charles Burchfield, “An April Mood” (1946-55) Nell Shaw Cohen, “Watercolors” (2011) Inspired by the paintings of Charles Burchfield

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  • Charles Burchfield, “Sun and Rocks” (1918-50) [VIDEO]

     Guide: Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), painter Related Topics: An Introduction to Charles Burchfield Charles Burchfield, “Autumnal Fantasy” (1916-44) Charles Burchfield, “An April Mood” (1946-55) Charles Burchfield, “Glory of Spring (Radiant Spring)” (1950) Nell Shaw Cohen, “Watercolors” (2011) Inspired by the paintings of Charles Burchfield

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  • Charles Burchfield, “Autumnal Fantasy” (1916-44) [VIDEO]

     Guide: Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), painter Related Topics: An Introduction to Charles Burchfield Charles Burchfield, “Sun and Rocks” (1918-50) Charles Burchfield, “An April Mood” (1946-55) Charles Burchfield, “Glory of Spring (Radiant Spring)” (1950) Nell Shaw Cohen, “Watercolors” (2011) Inspired by the paintings of Charles Burchfield

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  • Charles Burchfield, “An April Mood” (1946-55) [VIDEO]

     Guide: Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), painter Related Topics: An Introduction to Charles Burchfield Charles Burchfield, “Autumnal Fantasy” (1916-44) Charles Burchfield, “Sun and Rocks” (1918-50) Charles Burchfield, “Glory of Spring (Radiant Spring)” (1950) Nell Shaw Cohen, “Watercolors” (2011) Inspired by the paintings of Charles Burchfield

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  • An Introduction to Charles Burchfield

     Guide: Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), painter Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967) was born and raised in Ohio (first in Ashtabula, then Salem). He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and was employed as a wallpaper designer at H.M. Birge in Buffalo, New York. He eventually quit to pursue painting full-time, and lived thereafter in Gardenville (West Seneca), a [...]

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