Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Untitled (Gothic Window Trees), 1918; watercolor and graphite on paper, 11 x 10 inches (Frame: 26 x 21 3/4 inches); Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Ross, 1986
Charles Burchfield, Journals, May 3 – 12, 1921
Thursday, May 8, 2014
A trip to Cleveland & Oberlin. To Oberlin on my wheel – Oberlin with its gothic elm-lines streets, of tremendous calm, and vast twilights – it has the quaintness of 1870 about it – It seems strange that on such a trip of varied impressions there seems so little to record; but I have experienced more tonight in simply sitting here in my chair–
However, I heard the Cleveland Orchestra in the College Auditorium – For the first time I heard Dvorak’s Fifth Symphony in it’s entirety – It was overwhelmingly beautiful
Charles Burchfield, May 3 – 12, 1921