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Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The Moth and the Thunderclap, 1961; watercolor and charcoal on paper, 36 x 48 inches; Collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Charles Rand Penney, 1994

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"Burchfield has exacted a quality that we may call poetic, romantic, lyric, or what you will. By sympathy with the particular, he has made it epic and universal." - Edward Hopper, who was friends with Burchfield (both were represented by the Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries in New York).

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Sunday, April 11, 2010, 3:30–5 pm

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Sunday, March 15, 2020, 1–4 pm

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What It Meant To Be Modern, 1910-1965

April 14–July 23, 2017

Entering Burchfield's World

November 21, 2008–March 1, 2009

Charles E. Burchfield: An American Visionary

November 17, 2004–January 16, 2005

The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Works by Charles E. Burchfield

December 9, 1995–March 3, 1996

Charles Burchfield: Hymn to Nature

April 30–June 30, 1972

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