Charles BurchfieldStati Uniti, 1893–1967The Sunflower Arch
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Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Stati Uniti
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At the time he made this drawing, Burchfield had begun to develop a personal symbolic language, which he called “Conventions for Abstract Thoughts.” Using simple forms, such as the arched shape of the flowers seen here, he aimed to communicate universal emotions—in this case, “Mute Sorrow.” Burchfield saw a connection between this mood and sunflowers, which were among his favorite subjects. He often depicted them anthropomorphically, suggesting either open eyes or, as here, slumped human forms—as he described, “giv[ing] a sense of pre-autumnal melancholy in early September.”
Cleveland Museum of Art
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- 1965.461
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- Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · acquisita 7 giorni fa
- Immagine: Cleveland Museum of Art — Reproduced with permission from the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
