The Studio - The Charles Burchfield Home & Studio

-1921 – Moved to Buffalo
–April 1925 – Moved to 3574 Clinton St. West Seneca, NY.
-September 1928 – Built studio.
-January/February 1929 – Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York, NY begins to represent him.
-August 1, 1929 – Quit working at M.H. Birge & Sons Company (wallpaper company).
-Summer 1930 – Moved studio on concrete foundation farther back in lot.
-1959/60 – Made repairs and alterations to the house, garage, studio and yard. Attached additional room and storage shed to the studio.
-January 10, 1967 – Burchfield passed away.
-August 1970 – Bertha Burchfield sold the home & studio to the nextdoor neighbors, Albarella’s.

“Let my studio be hallowed by large adventurous thoughts; and a feeling of security and isolation from the banalities of life; by dreams, and bold imaginings.” – -Charles E. Burchfield, November 17, 1933.

-Paintings of the Studio-

East Wind and Winter Sun, 1951

East Wind and Winter Sun, 1951

Standing in the back of the property overlooking the back of the studio, home and the Albarella's.

Cannas, 1922

Cannas, 1922

“It is raining – how truly divine is such an event in June – everything bespeaks the presence of God.

For a while, it is pleasant to just sit in the studio, with the window open, and listen to the falling rain. After a while, it seemed urgent to get closer to it, so I went out and sat down on the foot-mat on my door stoop. Here I was protected by the little porch, yet it seemed as if I were actually in the rain. I was amused to see how, here and there, grass blades were hit squarely by raindrops, flattened by the blow, and springing back quickly.

Slowly the beauty of the young cannas, seen thru the porch railing forced itself upon me, and without having planned it, I was soon at work on them, not ceasing until after five.”

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 17, 1937

“In studio – By now, I realize that my work on the Two Hollows picture Saturday has gone far toward solving the picture’s many complex problems, and I feel the urge to go on with it some more. The very fact that there seems little chance of selling pictures until the war is over seems to be a release to me, and I feel free to work on a picture like this, which would neither, even in normal times, increase my standing with the critics, or find a purchaser. Since no pictures of any kind are being bought, I might as well paint entirely for myself. This is what an artist ought to do under any circumstances, but it is not as easy as it sounds. I feel that my best, most original work is in the field of nature, the change of seasons, and weather; yet the art world generally does not recognize this.” – -Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, March 29, 1943.

-Past Photography of the Studio-

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“I’ve painted almost everything you can see from the studio windows,” Burchfield said in 1953. “One of my ambitions is some day to collect all of the pictures again. Then I would have an exhibit called “From My Backyard”. – -Charles E. Burchfield

-Present Photography of the Studio-

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“It is raining – how truly divine is such an event in June – everything bespeaks the presence of God.

For a while, it is pleasant to just sit in the studio, with the window open, and listen to the falling rain. After a while, it seemed urgent to get closer to it, so I went out and sat down on the foot-mat on my door stoop. Here I was protected by the little porch, yet it seemed as if I were actually in the rain. I was amused to see how, here and there, grass blades were hit squarely by raindrops, flattened by the blow, and springing back quickly.

Slowly the beauty of the young cannas, seen thru the porch railing forced itself upon me, and without having planned it, I was soon at work on them, not ceasing until after five.”

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 17, 1937