Charles Burchfield Center 40th Anniversary Exhibition November 4, 2006 – May 13, 2007 Opening Reception: Friday, December 8 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
The Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the only museum devoted to the art and vision of Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967), celebrates its 40th anniversary in December 2006. It is a little known fact that at first Burchfield declined the offer to have a museum dedicated in his name. Friendly, yet persistent persuasion convinced him to accept the honor. The inaugural exhibition of eighteen masterworks opened December 9, 1966 with Burchfield cutting the ribbon himself. This special anniversary exhibition will include selected works from the premier with historic documentation of the dedication ceremony. As well, it will represent examples from key Burchfield holdings in the collection and archives acquired primarily through generous donations over the past four decades.
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)
Fireflies and Lightning,(1964)-1965
Watercolor, graphite and white conté crayon with masking tape on paper
Collection of the Burchfield-Penney Art Center
Purchase made possible with funds from M&T Bank, the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, the Vogt Family Foundation, William and Laurie Brosnahan, an anonymous foundation, and an anonymous donor, 1998 Burchfield-Penney Art Center
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