329 . CHARLES EPHRAIM BURCHFIELD ( New York 1893-1968 ) “ Cabin in the Woods ”, watercolor on paper , monogramed and dated 1947 lower right . 14 in . x 19 in . Burchfield born in Ashtabula Harbor , Ohio became known as a town-landscape painter of middlewestern America . In 1945 he took his first teaching job at the University of Minnesota , Duluth , then on to the Art Institute of Buffalo and the University of Buffalo from 1949 to 1952 . His work can be divided into three phrases . The first is landscapes based on childhood memories , from 1918 to 1943 was Social Realism depicting grimy streets and rundown buildings and the last is a return to the subject matter of his childhood , where he was intensely aware of woodland surroundings . In 1944 Burchfield wrote to his dealer Frank Rehn “ I feel happier than I have felt for years ”… and promised to paint more sounds , dreams and smells . Museum Collections include : Amon Carter Museum-Fort Worth ; Butler Institute of American Art-Youngstown , Ohio ; Cleveland Museum of Art-Cleveland , Ohio ; Columbus Museum of Art-Columbus , Ohio ; Metropolitan Museum of Art-New York ; Museum of Modern Art-New York ; Whitney Museum of American Art-New York .
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