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Brandywine River Museum of Art - Charles Burchfield Exhibition and Educational Programs, 8/23- 11/16
07-16-2014
(Chadds Ford, PA July 16 , 2014) - The vibrant, visionary landscapes of Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), one of America's leading artists of the 20th century, are featured in a major exhibition of more than 50 paintings on view at the Brandywine River Museum of Art from August 23 through November 16, 2014. Co-organized by the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, the exhibition features works borrowed from museums and private collections across the United States, including the Burchfield Penney Art Center, the largest repository of the artist's work. A fully illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition, with essays by the co-curators, Audrey Lewis, associate curator at the Brandywine, and Nancy Weekly, head of collections and Charles Cary Rumsey Curator at the Burchfield Penney.
Exalted Nature: The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield will provide a remarkable opportunity to examine the artist's luminous, personal interpretations of the world around him. "To spend even a moment with one of Charles Burchfield's hallucinatory watercolors is to experience the artist's visceral response to nature. Over a period of six decades, he explored the lyrical and technical potential of watercolor, becoming one of the most brilliant practitioners in the history of American art," said Thomas Padon, director of the Brandywine River Museum of Art.
Exalted Nature spans the breadth of the artist's career, tightly focused on his landscapes--from his early expressionistic compositions influenced by modernist movements first encountered during his student years at the Cleveland School of Art--such as Untitled (Gothic Window Trees), 1918--to his late visionary works representing his singular interpretation of the world--including Bee Hepaticas(circa 1962).
This exhibition marks the first time Burchfield's work has been shown at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. A slate of multi-disciplinary events, lectures and other programs a planned during the run of the exhibition.
The Art of Charles Burchfield Lecture
Wednesday, September 10, 6 p.m.
Burchfield has been identified as a naturalist, realist, modernist, romantic, synesthete, and transcendentalist-all with equal validity. He broke all the rules of traditional watercolor painting, pioneering techniques and inventing methods for conveying emotions and symbolizing sounds. Enjoy a lecture presented byNancy Weekly, Head of Collections and Charles Cary Rumsey Curator at the Burchfield Penny Art Center in Buffalo, NY, who will discuss the many facets of the artist.
The museum will open at 5:30 p.m.
Charles Burchfield's Exalted Nature Lecture and lunch
Wednesday, September 17, 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Experience nature through the eyes of artist Charles Burchfield. The day begins with a guided tour of the exhibition, Exalted Nature: The Real and Fantastic World of Charles E. Burchfield. Following lunch in the museum's scenic café, the class continues with a guided tour of Mt. Cuba Center, focusing on native plants and natural settings whose visual qualities suggest Burchfield's work. The class will be team-taught by Audrey Lewis, associate curator at Brandywine, and Eileen Boyle, director of education and research at Mt. Cuba Center. Rain date is September 18. For the Mt. Cuba tour, participants should wear comfortable outdoor walking shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. Directions will be provided for driving to Mt. Cuba from the museum.
$40; Brandywine members $32 and includes guided tours and lunch.
Nature's Inspiration Workshop
Sunday, October 5, 10 a.m. - noon
Yellow trees and pink skies - the natural world can be awe-inspiring! Explore the exhibition Exalted Nature: The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield, find inspiration in the landscape and create imaginative art projects led by teaching artist Jennifer Polillo during this colorful workshop. Presented by PNC Arts Alive First Sundays for Families.
Free admission.
Curator's Tour
Wednesday, October 15, 2 p.m. and Sunday, October 19, 1 p.m.
Walk through the Exalted Nature exhibition with Associate Curator Amanda C. Burdan as she discusses Charles Burchfield's painted representations of non-visual aspects of the landscape. Just as Burchfield "saw" the sounds of nature, we can "listen" to his watercolors.
Included in museum admission and free for Brandywine members.
"Charles Burchfield: The Artist as Composer" Piano concert
Sundays, October 19, 2 p.m. and November 9, 2 p.m.
Charles Burchfield immersed himself in classical music, often listening in his studio and responding to personally resonant pieces in his paintings. Expressing sound visually was important to the artist; in 1915 he wrote, "It seems at times I should be a composer of sounds, not only of rhythms and colors. Walking under the trees, I felt as if the color made sound." Steinway Artist Catherine Marie Charlton will play a selection of works by composers specifically mentioned by Burchfield in his journals: Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms and Sibelius.
Included in museum admission; Brandywine members free
"American Transcendentalism and the Natural World" Lecture
Wednesday, October 29, 6 p.m.
Why have so many artists, including Charles Burchfield and N. C. Wyeth, been influenced by the writings of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson? Professor Ashton Nichols will discuss Transcendentalism, the only truly American philosophical movement, and its significant influence on American culture. Nichols is the Walter E. Beach '56 Distinguished Chair in Sustainability Studies and a Professor of Language and Literature at Dickinson College.
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