Charles E. Burchfield: Road in Sunlight and Shadow

In the tradition of Walt Whitman, Charles Burchfield often travelled “the open road.” His painting Road in Sunlight and Shadow depicts a country road southeast of East Aurora, New York. This fine example of his mid-career realistic works illustrates an American vista that is becoming rarer, at the same time that it focuses on the beautiful patterns of light and tree shadows, as the title suggests. This exhibition illustrates many manifestations of an enduring subject—the meandering roads of Ohio and Western New York where Burchfield took the time to capture the sights and sounds of the world around him as they transformed from season to season.