Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Garden of Memories, 1917; watercolor, crayon, charcoal, and pencil on paper, 25 3/4 x 22 1/2 in. (63.5 x 55.9 cm); The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange), 1936
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 20, 1960
Thursday, Jan 20, 2022
P.M. – Painted the memory of an incident that took place almost 60 years ago, but which seems still as vivid in my memory as the day it happened long ago. I had been to visit my grandfather with my Uncle Jim. On our return home a heavy wet snow was falling. Just as we neared the corner of Rose and Fourth, there was a flash of lightning and clap of thunder from out of the heavy clouds above. Never having experienced such a thing before, to my childish mind it seemed like an impossible, a miraculous event.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 20, 1960