Ice Glare > Collection > Burchfield Penney Art Center

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Ice Glare, 1933; Watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper, 31 1/2 × 25 inches; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 33.64

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Burchfield's archives reveal his studied fascination with symbolism, which he used to capture the countless emotions, sounds and other invisible elements that spoke to his senses. As he wrote, "An artist must paint not what he sees in nature, but what is there."