Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Purple Vetch and Buttercups, 1959; Watercolor over charcoal on white wove paper, 39 13/16 x 29 13/16 inches; The Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, John Lambert Fund Purchase
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 12, 1936
Saturday, Jun 12, 2021
On way home stop to watch a field of buttercups. A glorious incredible sight — the wind tossing the flowers this way & that till the whole field was a writhing boiling mass of dazzling yellow rhythms – the sky a calm blue, a wheat field just beyond a dense blue green, a woods dark green with lavender trunks.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 12, 1936