Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Blackbirds in the Snow, 1941-45; watercolor on joined paper, 20 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches; Walker Art Center, Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, Gilbert M. Walker Fund, 1946
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 4, 1945
Sunday, Nov 4, 2018
Nov. 4 – Sun.
To Church. As we drove out Clinton, we could see that the distant hills to the south were white with snow. A peculiar thrill, to realize that only so short a distance away, winter had come, while here it was yet fall. A light snow around the church territory.
At dinner time Walter M. [Meibohm] calls up, invites us for an over night. –
P.M. Mozart “Jupiter” (Szell Conducting) –
Late P.M. C-B + I to Hipp. to see “Her Highness + the Bell Boy” + “Dangerous Partners”
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 4, 1945