Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Paul B. Travis (1891-1935) was born on a farm in West Point, Ohio to William M. and Elizabeth Bough Travis. He studied with Henry Keller and Frank Wilcox at the Cleveland School of Art from 1913 to 1917. It was there that he became a friend and colleague of Charles E. Burchfield, who was one year ahead of him, studying from 1912 to 1916. The four of them occasionally went on sketching and trips together, most notably in mid-June, 1921 when Burchfield painted Travis’ home.