Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), White Violets by an Old Coal-Mine, 1918 (also known as White-Violets and Coal-Mine #1), watercolor and gouache over graphite on joined paper, 23 1/8 x 21 ¼ inches, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, between December 30, 1917 and January 8, 1918
Saturday, Jan 8, 2022
Burchfield transcriptions:
But after all, man is the great poet, and not Homer or Shakespeare; and our language itself & the common arts of life are his work - / Thoreau
The poet will write for his peers alone. He will remember only that he saw truth and beauty from his position, and expect the time when a vision as broad shall overlook the same field as freely. / Thoreau
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, between December 30, 1917 and January 8, 1918