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The Sun Through the Trees

June 30, 1917

Charles Burchfield

(American, 1893–1967)
Culture
America
Medium
Watercolor and opaque watercolor
Measurements
Sheet: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1930.849
Catalogue raisonné
Straus 240; Trovato 350
Copyright
Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
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This work is an early example in which Burchfield began to paint directly and expressively with watercolor rather than carefully sketching out his composition in advance.

Description

While sketching in the Ohio countryside in 1916, Burchfield began to represent the sun as a dramatic orb. This sheet is part of a group in which the artist suggested stained glass windows using trees and the sun. Here, branches reach toward the sun to form a dark, halo-like frame filled by sunlight that diffuses into an array of color. By combining landscape with religious iconography, Burchfield suggested the divine influence he saw in nature.

The Sun Through the Trees

June 30, 1917

Charles Burchfield

(American, 1893–1967)
America

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