Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The White Tower (also known as Buildings and Street Scene), c. 1940-42; watercolor on paper mounted on board, 30 x 22 ½ inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Peter C. Andrews in memory of Joan K. Andrews, 2017
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, February 28, 1941
Saturday, Feb 28, 2015
To Buffalo – Car to Justice for service.
Sketching around town — building tops on Main near Chippewa. Then to lunch at one-arm.
Then more notes of Elec. Bldg. & then to get car. Drive down to Louisiana Bridge to make studies — thence to Chippewa Market, after which to Booth Alley for studies. Bitterly cold – my hands, even with gloves grow numb. It was the hour when school lets out, and the whole neighborhood was swarming with shouting children — quarreling or playing games.
This week’s “Life” shows a snap-shot of a French man at Marseilles, weeping at the sight of his country’s Military Flags which are being “exiled” to Tunisia for safe-keeping. His tragic expression says more than ten-thousand words could ever say, of what is happening in Europe.
Charles E. Burchfield, February 28, 1941