The Pigeon Barn
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon C. Sommers, 1994
Catalogue
- Year
- 1946
- Dimensions
- 25 3/8 × 33 3/4 in. (64.5 × 85.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Charles Burchfield
Artist
Painting
Charles Ephraim Burchfield was an American painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes. The largest collection of Burchfield's paintings, archives and journals are in the collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo. His paintings are in the collections of more than 109 museums in the USA and have been the subject of exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hammer Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art, as well as other prominent institutions.
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Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Charles Burchfield
- Year
- 1946
- Dimensions
- 25 3/8 × 33 3/4 in. (64.5 × 85.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1946-337617
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified