Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

[inscription reads] " and actually believe their own misconceptions. / Day closes with a peculiar cold blue bank of clouds in the west, forcing the white roofs out in startling contrast. / At supper I heard of an old fox near Damascus who success-fully eluded a party of hunters and dogs. The story did me good. May all foxes & wild creatures elude our “sportsmen.” / Nature should be loved purely for her own sake. My ideal of painting is to catch the beautyes (sic) of nature for their own sake "