Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Summer, 1915; watercolor and graphite on paper, 14 x 10 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 22, 1964
Sunday, Jun 22, 2014
June 22 –
Working on a drawing for “Lightning Bugs” based on memories of “frog legging” along the Little Beaver in June, and after studying my 1915 notes –
That rhapsodic summer of 1915 – it was then that my art career began to bloom.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals June 22, 1964