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The deep archives of the Burchfield Penney Art Center, which chart the life and career of its namesake Charles E. Burchfield and the broader creative history of Western New York, are about to get much bigger and a great deal more public.

Thanks to two grants totaling $170,000, the center is embarking on a project to digitize, catalog and make publicly accessible much of its 25,000-item collection of material related to Burchfield’s life.

The vibrant, visionary landscapes of Charles Burchfield (1893-1976), one of the leading American artists of the 20th century, are featured in a major exhibition of more than 50 paintings on view at the Brandywine River Museum of Art from Saturday, Aug. 23 through Nov. 16.

Co-organized by the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, the exhibition features works borrowed from museums and private collections across the United States, including the Burchfield Penney Art Center, the largest repository of the artist’s work.

The New York State Museum in Albany presents Weather Event, an exhibition featuring the works of American painter Charles Burchfield, specifically those depicting the weather south of Lake Erie. Burchfield lived near Lake Erie for most of his life and he often observed, chronicled and painted the area’s weather, the cycles of the environment and the overall atmosphere.

The exhibition presents over 60 works including watercolors, sketches and Burchfield’s journal. The show was originally organized and presented at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State. State Museum Director, Mark Schaming, said, “We are pleased to host this important exhibition from the Burchfield Penney Art Center. This is a unique opportunity to see this collection of Charles Burchfield’s visionary work, as one of America’s most revered artists of the twentieth century.”

Weather Event will be on view at the New York State Museum through February 23, 2014.