| Charles E. Burchfield |
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In 1925, Burchfield moved from Buffalo, NY to the adjacent suburb of West Seneca , spending the rest of his life in the rural neighborhood of Gardenville. He is known for his visual commentaries on the effects of Industrialism on small town America as well as for his paintings of nature. His paintings are in the collections of many major museums in the USA and have been the subject of exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art , and the Museum Of Modern Art as well as other prominent institutions. According to Burchfield's friend and colleague Edward Hopper , "The work of Charles Burchfield is most decidedly founded, not on art, but on life, and the life that he knows and loves best." The Charles Burchfield Center at Buffalo State College was dedicated in his honor in 1966 . It was re-named The Burchfield Art Center in 1983 with an expanded mission to support a multi-arts focus. Between 1991 and 1994 , the museum received a series of gifts from Charles Rand Penney, Ph. D., of more than 1,300 works by Western New York artists. Included in that gift were 183 works by Charles E. Burchfield. In honor of such a substantial donation the museum was again re-named as The Burchfield-Penney Art Center . MUSEUMS CONTAINING BURCHFIELD WORKS
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