End of the Day
Charles Burchfield
Exhausted workers trudge from the center of town up a long snow-covered road to their homes. The perspective in which the icy hill is depicted seems to lengthen the distance of their commute, while the sagging, worn buildings that line the street offer only bleak refuge. As in other images of small-town America painted by the artist during the 1920s, End of the Day evokes the hardships of the natural environment while it comments on the depressed industrial conditions endured by the working classes.
Artist
Date of Birth
(1883-1967)
Date
1938
Medium
Watercolor over pencil and charcoal on white paper
Dimensions
28 x 48 in. (71.12 x 121.92 cm.)
Accession #
1940.3
Credit Line
Joseph E. Temple Fund
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate
Category
Subject
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