Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Oncoming Spring, 1954; watercolor on paper mounted on board, 29 1/2 x 39 5/8 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Purchased in part with support from the Western New York Foundation and the Olmsted Family in Memory of Harold L. Olmsted, 1990
Charles Burchfield, Journals, October 9th, 1950
Sunday, Oct 9, 2022
To early service,
Then working on frames some – painting the small ones.
Shortly after dinner, Olmsteds call & invite us out to their Sardinia summer place. –
A fine drive out (on Olean Rd.) – their place beautifully located – The Andersons there, as well as several other people. For a stroll in the woods. Almost too warm for comfort. Mrs. O collecting plants for a friend who wanted to make a terrarium – The clear stream fed by springs.
Supper – more people came in – but a pleasant of (if confused & noisy) affair. – A bus-driver from Springville had bicycled over with his two boys. –
After supper H. [Harold] talked endlessly about the “old days” of ancient art doings in Buffalo, & people I could not possibly have heard of. –
Home at ten. Pal for his evening outing – how good it seemed in our backyard – so quiet & peaceful.
Charles Burchfield, Journals, October 9th, 1950