Timeline

Born Ashtabula Harbor, OH

Gold medal, Amer. Acad. and Inst. of Arts and Ltrs New York, NY

Taught summer classes Buffalo, NY; Athens, OH; Duluth, MN

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Elected member of Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters

Painted coal mines Texas and West Virginia

Commissioned: Fortune Magazine, paint rail yards Altoona and Harrisburg, PA

Represented by Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery New York, NY

Moved Gardenville, NY

Charles Burchfield Center established State University College, Buffalo, NY

Represented by Montross Gallery New York, NY

First work aquired by a museum Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Moved Buffalo, NY

Leave of absence from Mullins Co., paints Tennessee, New York, Ohio

Served in U.S. Army Camp Jackson, SC

Met Mary Mowbray Clarke; got one-man show New York, NY

Awarded a scholarship at Nat. Academy of Design New York, NY

Decided to become a painter

Attended Cleveland School of Art Cleveland, OH

Father died, family moves Salem, OH

Married Bertha L. Kenreich

Died of heart attack West Seneca, NY