Background
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim was born on April 9, 1893 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Son of William. Charles and Alice (Murphy) Burchfield.
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim was born on April 9, 1893 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Son of William. Charles and Alice (Murphy) Burchfield.
Student Cleveland School of Art, 1912-1916. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Kenyon College, 1946. Honorary Doctor Arts, Harvard, 1948.
Hamilton College, 1948. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Valparaiso (Indiana) University, 1951.
Clerk, 1916-1921; wall paper designer, 1921-1929. Landscape painter since 1929. Represented in Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of America Art, Brooklyn Museum and numerous others.
Retrospective exhibition of his works covering 40 years, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, 1956.
Served in Camouflage corpus, United States army, Camp Jackson, World War I. Member National Institute Arts and Letters, 1943. Member American Water-color Society, N.A. D., American Academy Arts and Letters, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Bertha Kenreich, May 20, 1922. Children: Mary Alice, Martha Elizabeth, Sarah Ruth, Catherine Esther, Charles Arthur.