Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011025Hillside
About the Artwork
Burchfield was especially drawn to watercolor and experimented avidly with it throughout his entire career. This portable medium allowed him to explore the landscape and continuously rework his compositions. Here, he used shades of green to depict the countryside near his hometown, Salem, Ohio.
Provenance
-1951: William M. Milliken [1889-1978], Cleveland, OH, gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH 1951-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Eighth Exhibition of Watercolors and Pastels. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6-December 7, 1930). Ways of Painting Landscapes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 13-May 6, 1953). Charles Burchfield Retrospective Exhibition. Whitney Museum of American Art (January 11-February 26, 1956); The Baltimore Museum of Art (March 14-April 22, 1956); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (May 9-June 17, 1956); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (July 11-August 19, 1956); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 5-October 14, 1956); The Phillips Collection (November 4-December 11, 1956); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 28, 1956-February 10, 1957). Fine Arts Exhibition. Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH (August 27-September 7, 1970). Water Colors from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-September 16, 1973). Charles Burchfield. Ashtabula Arts Center. Charles Burchfield Exhibition. Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, OH (organizer) (May 30-June 6, 1979). America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985). Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 2018-May 5, 2019).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967)
- Date
- May 24, 1917
- Medium
- Watercolor and opaque watercolor on Strathmore wove paper
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken
- Accession no.
- 1951.432
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