Quick Reference
Time Period:
Painted in 1933.
Painted in 1933.
Location:
Keach Farm
Charlemont Road,
Buckland, MA
Keach Farm
Charlemont Road,
Buckland, MA
Medium:
Oil on Canvas
Oil on Canvas
Type:
Landscape
Landscape
Category:
Keach Farm, Houses
Keach Farm, Houses
Size:
27 X 30
27 X 30
Exhibited:
Amherst Coll. Jones Library, 1934
Williston Academy, 1934
Concord (MA) Art Association, '34
Binghampton (NY) MFA, 1934
Macbeth Galleries (NYC), 1935, '41
Boston Art Club, 1935
Mt. Holyoke Coll. Dwight Hall, 1935
Grand Central Galleries (NYC),1936
Pittsfield (MA) Art League, 1937
Winchester (MA) Art League, 1937
Albany Institute of Art, 1939
Buck Hill (PA) Art Association, 1939
Springfield Art league, 1939
Gardner (MA) Town Hall, 1940
Mary Lyon Church Vestry, 1945
Virginia MFA, Richmond, 1948
Amherst Coll. Jones Library, 1934
Williston Academy, 1934
Concord (MA) Art Association, '34
Binghampton (NY) MFA, 1934
Macbeth Galleries (NYC), 1935, '41
Boston Art Club, 1935
Mt. Holyoke Coll. Dwight Hall, 1935
Grand Central Galleries (NYC),1936
Pittsfield (MA) Art League, 1937
Winchester (MA) Art League, 1937
Albany Institute of Art, 1939
Buck Hill (PA) Art Association, 1939
Springfield Art league, 1939
Gardner (MA) Town Hall, 1940
Mary Lyon Church Vestry, 1945
Virginia MFA, Richmond, 1948
Editor's Note:
Woodward was so disappointed this painting was not as love
he felt for it. We believe it never sold because he would not sell to anyone but a noted collector or museum. Where
he sent it tells the whole story- BAC, Concord, Bucks Hill, Albany, Binghampton... It re-mained with his personal
collection of paintings we sometimes call the orphans. Paintings he would only sell to the right home. (BCM)
Purchased:
Unknown
Unknown
Provenance:
NA
NA
Noteworthy:
RSW considered this piece one of his "masterpieces." Its exhibit record of eighteen events is
second only to his "unsung" masterpiece, Keach's Stove, with twenty.
Keach's Stove had better fortunes being bought by Bartlett Arkell
for his museum in Canajoharie, NY.
Featured Artwork: Mrs. Keach's Front Porch
RSW's Diary Comments
"Painted in 1933. Picture in midsummer of the title with all the familiar old N. E. things growing about it and resting on it. I consider this one of my masterpieces but it has not quickly sold."
Comments on the back of sepia prints:
"In the studio for sale. House, lemon yellow, together with The Genial Old House one of my outstanding canvases."
Additional Notes
This painting is privately owned.
Below: a picture of Mrs. Keach's front porch as it looks today.
