Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night
1917
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1917
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
In this watercolor, crooked church steeples rise against a dark sky. Raindrops streak the glass like tiny tears. Warm light glows behind the windows, cutting through the gloom. Burchfield painted this during a hard year. He quit art school fast and worked an office job. Still, he snuck away to sketch Salem’s streets at night. Check out more of Burchfield’s work at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
