Whoever came up with the truism “Trust the art, not the artist” knew a thing or two about the creative process. One gauge of the success of a work of art is how far it transcends the artist’s intent—how it challenges, surprises or thwarts the ambition and skill of its creator. The artist might be Read More
The American painter Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), whose work is the subject of a splendid exhibition at the DC Moore Gallery, was one of the most accomplished artists of his generation. He was also one of the most popular. He had the distinction, moreover, of creating a vision of the American landscape that established itself as Read More
He is “the sort of genius that
communities usually massacre and then afterward revere,” wrote the great
American art critic Henry McBride of the
fine American painter Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), whose watercolors and
drawings are the subject of an exhibition at Kennedy Galleries. McBride’s
statement has to it a mock-dramatic flourish that is typical Read More
