Burchfield in Buffalo
The Burchfield-Penney Art Center Turns 40 and Celebrates in Style
 Experience the brilliance of acclaimed watercolorist Charles Burchfield at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center’s 40th anniversary exhibition.
The Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the only museum devoted to the art and vision of Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967), celebrates its 40th anniversary with a gala opening reception on Friday, December 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
This special anniversary exhibition will include selected works from the museum’s premier with historic documentation of the dedication ceremony from 1966. It will also represent examples from key Burchfield holdings in the collection and archives acquired primarily through generous donations over the past four decades.
It is a little known fact that at first Burchfield declined the offer to have a museum dedicated in his name. Friendly, yet persistent persuasion convinced him to accept the honor. The inaugural exhibition of eighteen masterworks opened December 9, 1966 with Burchfield cutting the ribbon himself.
The exhibit will run through May 13, 2007.
For more information, visit www.burchfield-penney.org
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