Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Summer Shower and Sunlight (Summer Shower), May 1916; transparent watercolor and graphite on white watercolor paper, 14 x 9-7/8 inches; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY, Edward W. Root Bequest, 57.106; Image courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Archives
Charles Burchfield, Journals, June 11, 1936
Sunday, Jun 11, 2023
A.M. Record (Overture to Samson by Handel) in the mail. A grand powerful expression.
Noon. The distressing news from Gramophone shop that the Siberian records cannot now be imported, but will be re-pressed later by Victor Co.
A dark sombre day; cooler, and a fine wind-driven misty rain at intervals. Feathery, ragged tops of young elms black green against the sky. Such days seem more intimate somehow.
Pursued by depressing moods all day. At times I wondered whether I really got over my trouble.
Evening, Robert Blair out with new things. An evening of stimulating interchange of thoughts. I liked his new things, and it was good for me to have a young man in the first flush of his love for art talk to me, which he did shyly, and with difficulty, betokening his sincerity.