Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Mill Wheel and Waterfall (Brandywine Falls, Ohio), 1918; watercolor and gouache on paper, 24 3/4 x 18 inches; Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York
I became interested in the relics of what might be termed our tag-end pioneer days...What chiefly interested me about them was their picturesqueness, and in some cases, quaint humor and romance of days departed.
Charles Burchfield, from On the Middle Border, in Creative Art magazine, 1928