Hillside (May 24, 1917): Art, History and Details

Hillside (May 24, 1917) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Burchfield was especially drawn to watercolor and experimented avidly with it throughout his entire career. This portable medium allowed him to explore the landscape and continuously rework his compositions. Here, he used shades of green to depict the countryside near his hometown, Salem, Ohio.

Object facts

• Title: Hillside
• Date: May 24, 1917
• Creator attribution: Charles Burchfield (American, 1893–1967)
• Culture: America
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: Watercolor and opaque watercolor on Strathmore wove paper
• Collection: DR - American 20th Century
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1951.432

A detail from the museum

This drawing was made during 1917, which Burchfield describe as his "golden year," the most prolific period of his entire career.

Collection credit

The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken

Further reading listed by the museum

• Exhibition of Paintings by Charles Burchfield. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland School of Art, 1941.
• Trovato, Joseph S. Charles Burchfield: Catalogue of Paintings in Public and Private Collections. Utica: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1970.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.