At a glance
- Born
- 1893-04-09
- Died
- 1967-01-10
- Education
- Cleveland School of Art (Cleveland Institute of Art), Cleveland, OH, to 1916
- Known as
- Artist
- Organizations
- Cleveland Institute of Art, Burchfield Homestead Museum
Life story
Charles Burchfield was born at Ashtabula Harbor in 1893 and raised in Salem by his widowed mother. He lived in the Salem house from age five to 28; it is now a museum.
He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1916, studying under Henry Keller, and developed a personal watercolour style that year.
After army camouflage work in 1918 he moved to Buffalo, designing wallpaper from 1921 and painting full time from 1928. Life magazine named him one of America's ten greatest painters in 1936.
He lived in West Seneca, New York, until his death in 1967.
Timeline
- 1893-04-09: Born (Ashtabula Harbor, OH) source
- 1916: Graduated Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland, OH) source
- 1918: Army camouflage unit (US) source
- 1921: Moved to Buffalo, wallpaper job (Buffalo, NY) source
- 1922: Married Bertha Kenreich (Greenford, OH) source
- 1928: Became a full-time painter (Buffalo, NY) source
- 1936: Named among America's 10 greatest painters by Life (US) source
- 1966: Burchfield Center dedicated at Buffalo State (Buffalo, NY) source
- 1967-01-10: Died (West Seneca, NY) source
What Charles is known for
- American watercolorist; early work painted from his Salem boyhood home
- Watercolours held in 109+ US museums
Honors and things named for them
- Life magazine top ten painters (1936)
- National Academy of Design (1952-1954)
Family
- spouse: Bertha Kenreich Burchfield
Places in Ohio to see
- Burchfield childhood home, Salem (museum per page) (home)
867 E Fourth St, Salem, Columbiana County ZIP 44460 (approximate) · Salem · Columbiana County · official page
Ohio places
Where Charles Burchfield was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Born: Ashtabula, Ashtabula County ZIP 44004 · Ashtabula · Ashtabula County
- Lived: Salem, Columbiana County (867 East Fourth Street (Burchfield Homestead Museum)) ZIP 44460 · Salem · Columbiana County
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.
- Wikipedia: Charles E. Burchfield dates, Ashtabula Harbor birth, Salem age 5-28, CIA 1916, West Seneca