Oral history interview with Charles Burchfield
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 41 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
label: Names
content: Keller, Henry G., 1869-1949
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Watercolor painting, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967) was a painter from Gardenville, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 54 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (sound file (4 min. 24 sec.) Audio excerpt, digital)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959 August 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burchf59
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Charles Burchfield conducted 1959 August 19, by John D. Morse, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Burchfield speaks of his studio on Clinton Street; his early training under Henry George Keller; copying the paintings of Charles Dana Gibson; working as a wallpaper designer for H.M. Birge and Co., in Buffalo, New York; his different styles; his watercolor technique; restoration and preservation of his watercolors; his paintings, including Black Iron, Crabbed Old Age, End of the Day, The House of Mystery, The Song of the Katidids, Winter, and others; his writings; his reading tastes and interest in music; European abstract artists; critics; and teaching. Also included is a footnote by Morse describing his day with Burchfield.