Announcements
"Farmer's Castles" by
Robert Strong Woodward
Exhibition at the PVMA
Deerfield, MA
Sept. 1 - Oct. 30, 2016
What’s New
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Monthly Featured Artwork from our 2016 Calendar: Heart of New England
Website's Key Features
Welcome to RobertStrongWoodward.com! The website is divided into two main features. First is the Gallery of Woodward's artwork sorted in themes
and then alphabetically. There is also the Scrapbook which contains collections of stories, memorabilia and specific citations related to Woodward, his
life and achievements. It is at once a tribute and historical record of Woodward and the life and times from which he drew his inspiration.
The Artwork Galleries
The galleries consist nearly 800 known works of art created by Woodward. We have some form of an image for approximately 75% of them!
The galleries are organized in two ways, first, is the Theme Gallery, sorted into 25 categories. The second is alphabetically, making up
8 separate galleries plus a gallery of artwork RSW didn't name or we do not have a name for at this time. Plus, visit our
Complete Works List and surf the website from there!Woodward's Studios
As a result of Woodward's handicap and thus limited mobility, his studios, by extension, provide a significant insight to the artist and his work.
From his early paintings of the woods and brook behind Redgate, to the infamous wind blown beech tree atop
Heath Pasture and his stunning window paintings from his Hiriam
and Southwick studios you gain appreciation for the artist's work.Our Recollections Scrapbook
The Recollections Scrapbook is a collection of personal accounts from people who either knew Woodward personally or related to us an experience they have
had related to Woodward. A number of the stories told come from this website's originator, Mark Purinton (seen
in picture to the left with Woodward), who started working for Woodward as a boy.Painting Stories Scrapbook
This is our "story behind the paintings" collection. It includes some of Woodward's favorite subjects, such as, his neighbor
Harrison Keach's Farm, the Halifax (VT) House and the North Window of
his Southwick studio. There is also Charlemont Bridge artwork before
the bridge was destroyed in the hurriciance of 1938 and Marlboro Church, part of a "church series"
Woodward was commissioned for by industrialist Francis P. Garvin before his death.Recent Website Updates
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07-21-2016RECOVERED! Original High Resolution Sepias Recovered The website has been able to recover most all of the original images of sepias prints thought to be lost forever. |
07-21-2016IMAGE FOUND Late Autumn We did not have an photograph for the painting Late Autumn until recently when it's current owner contacted us and sent us terrific pics. |
07-21-2016NEW NAME Apple Blossom Time, Original We have recently learned the name of a painting we were calling The Greening Tree, 16's real name is Apple Blossom Time
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07-21-2016NEW ARTWORK Apple Blossom Time, Shirley This painting was discovered when we learned of the name for the painting we were calling The Greening Tree, 16's real name. There are 4 versions of the painitng all purchased by a group of sisters and this one is sister Shirley. |
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06-30-2016NEW ARTWORK Spring on the Hill Previously unknown artwork titled Spring on the Hill was recently brought to our attention by it's current owner. Check out this beautiful painting of the Beech Tree in Heath. |
06-30-2016NEW IMAGE June Sun We are excited to add new pictures of this remarkable window paintings from Woodward's Southwick's south windows. It's unusual size (24 x36) for RSW makes this very unique piece more panaoramic. |
06-30-2016NEW IMAGE The Flying Fox We are thrilled to have gorgeous new pictures of one of Woodward's "favorite barn canvases." The Flying Fox was also one of 26 other pieces to be exhibited at RSW's first BIG one-man-show in Boston (1926). |
04-22-2016NEW ARTWORK Unnamed#53 Found in Omaha, NE, this unnamed watercolor could possibly have been painted by Woodward in his adolescence while attending the Bradley Institute in Peoria, IL. We explore the pros and cons... |
04-22-2016REVISED Unnamed#22 Having now discovered it's real name, Unnamed#22, has been revised to reflect the change. Added images and a brief story regarding it's orgins. |
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04-22-2016NEW SKETCHES The Sketchbook Gallery Previously unavailable to get a suitable scan due to the lightness which RSW sketched them, we have added to new sketches to the sketch book. Sketch#60 is of the 'book corner' from the Little Shop studio and Sketch#61 is a none descript tree lined pasture. |
04-22-2016FAMOUS OWNER Joseph Holland With the discovery of October Gold and Winter Design recently, we also learn that they were once owned by famous stage actor Joseph Holland. He was once famously stabbed (for real) on stage by Orson Wells. Click link to learn more... |
04-22-2016NEW IMAGE When Apples Are Ripe The website staff never misses an opportunity to try and improve the viewer's experience with better, more detailed pictures. This artwork and the following 5 others in the next row are all currently being exhibited at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. |
04-22-2016NEW IMAGE Under the Hill |
04-22-2016NEW IMAGE A Country Interior |
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04-22-2016NEW IMAGE Spring Window |
04-22-2016NEW IMAGE Spring Drifts |
04-22-2016NEW IMAGE Pasture Ferns |
04-14-2016NEW ARTWORK October Gold The artwork October Gold was believed to have been found in 2009 when it went up for auction in Mystic, CT. We discovered we were wrong when the real owners contacted the website in 2015. |
04-14-2016NEW NAME An October Gold The artwork An October Gold was once believed to be October Gold despite it not matching it's reported size. It was not until the current owners of October Gold contacted us that we realized there are TWO golds. |