Quick Reference
Time Period:
c. 1949
c. 1949
Location:
Buckland, MA
Buckland, MA
Medium:
Pastel on Board
Pastel on Board
Type:
Landscape
Landscape
Category:
Road & Streets + four others
Road & Streets + four others
Size:
22" x 29"
22" x 29"
Exhibited:
Unknown
Unknown
Purchased:
By family & friends as a gift to a
couple celebrating their 50th anniv.
By family & friends as a gift to a
couple celebrating their 50th anniv.
Provenance:
N/A
N/A
Noteworthy:
This pastel was purchased from the artist as a 50th anniversary present by the couple's
friends and family. What is not known if if it was a commission or already made.
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Featured Artwork: Church in October
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RSW's Diary Comments
• Woodward did not keep records of the pastels he called "chalk drawings."
Editor's Note:
This wonderful pastel was a 50th anniversary present to its recipients. A collection was taken up by the couple's family and friends. It has passed down through the family since.
Additional Notes
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A Close up of the church and steeple
looking east with Putt's hill as a backdrop. The
road is Charlemont Rd. approaching Upper St.
RSW made multiple versions of this subject.
See also Road to Church
(A chalk) and October in Buckland (An oil painting).
A closer look at the tree detail, church spire and mountain
backdrop- to the right ⮞
The picture below shows the road today. As you can see, many of the trees that comprise the featured beauty of the composition did not survive time and are now gone. ⮟
