Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

 C’s landlord directed us to the Art Institute, which we had great difficulty finding (only after being again (mis)-directed by a gas station man to the Nelson Gallery, from where we saw an Art Institute bus across the street. Asked two young men coming out from school if they knew Cathie – they did & directed us to the restaurant where she worked. C. came running out of the restaurant as we parked. Ate supper there. Met a group of students.Checked in at Netherlands Hotel – dressed at and went to Art School to meet Ross Braught (with whom I had served on a jury at the Penna. Acad. in the 30’s) – He seemed glad to see us, showed us is some of the work he had done in Dutch Guinea, & the Virgin Islands where he lived during and after the war for 8 years. (He & his wife & son, on a one acre island. 2 ½ miles from land, which they had to reach in a row-boat.) His paintings, large, imaginative and very decorative attracted me very much. Tropical themes with natives, except one with imaginative landscape with Pegasus with large colored whirling leaves in the foreground. Drive C home. – B in to see her room.; ; ; ; ; Thursday. (Oct. 14)Breakfast at the Hotel Rest. – got ice for our lunch box – drove around city – visited the war memorial which affords a fine view of downtown K.C.11:00 to Art School. Met Mr. Rosenbauer who took us all around the school. I was impressed by their very modern equipment & their excellent solution of the perennial life-room problem of proper light and view of the model for all. Mr. R asked for a small exhibition of my work for next Spring to which I was agreeable. He called the Nelson Gallery &