Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night
December 1917
- Medium
- watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 77.2 × 50 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-190768
Burchfield considered this drawing among the greatest accomplishments of his “golden year.” This period followed a time of self-doubt and uncertainty: after graduating from the Cleveland School of Art, Burchfield enrolled in the National Academy of Design in New York City, but dropped out after one day, returning to Salem to work an office job. He painted inexhaustibly during his breaks and at night, depicting Salem and its environs in an increasingly abstract style.Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night shows the spire of Salem’s Baptist church rising up between two houses. Burchfield hope…
Provenance
Keller, 1949.544
Registry history
- December 1917 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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