Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Autumn Trees, c. 1916; watercolor and pencil on paper, 13 7/8 x 20 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 27, 1914
Friday, Sep 6, 2013
Autumn is the great romance season. Every event in nature or in human affairs, no matter how mean or small, is colored with romance until it becomes glorified. I wonder if, when a man is in the Fall of his life, life has that aspect—I mean the ordinary man? To the poet life is that way thruout. [sic]
Charles Burchfield, August 27, 1914