Quick Reference
Painted in 1933.
Keach Farm
Charlemont Road,
Buckland, MA
Oil on Canvas
Landscape
Keach Farm, Houses
27" x 30"
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
Unknown
★ Woodward's personal collection
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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."
Editor's Note:
The the right is the canvas Keach's Stove. The Keach farm was one of his most studied subjects from the earliest days of his career, through the 1930s. It is the only study that included the home's interior. The Keach's "little red barn" appears in so many paintings as a backdrop that it is the most exhibited subject than any other. As mentioned above, Mrs. Keach's Front Porch exhibited 18 times best only by the Keach's Stove. Keach's Stove is much more celebrated. It also holds the distinction of being the appearing in the newspaper, either as an image more than any other painting. This includes, exhibits it did not hang.
Additional Notes
Below ⮟ is a picture of Mrs. Keach's front porch as it looks today.
