Charles Burchfield letter to Helen C. Schultz
name: label: Creator
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Harold A. Schultz, widower of Helen C. Schultz, 1992. According to to the donor, although Schultz's letter to Burchfield has not survived, she was probably moved to write Burchfield about the paintings after viewing them at the 1957 and 1961 Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture exhibitions at the University of Illinois. In 1961, the Krannert Art Museum purchased "Four Seasons" for its permanent collection.
creator: label: Creator
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Watercolorist and painter; West Seneca, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Pages ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961 Mar. 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burcchar4
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4909 (fr. 937-941) available at Archives of American Art and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Burchfield responds to Schultz's letter of appreciation regarding his paintings "Radiant Springtime" and "Four Seasons."