Mr. Baur's book gives a good coherent view of this great American artists life. It includes many black and white renderings of Burchfield's works and a number of colored plates. While not up to present standards for such an book it does present Charles Burchfield's life with a minimum of interpretation using Burchfield's own diary entries and letters to express the artists thoughts. Could be better, an update would be helpful with all Burchfield's works rendered in color. Be sure to visit the new Burchfield art center (as of 2000) at the corner of Union Road and Clinton Street on the banks of the creek that Burchfield so loved in Gardenville New York.