RSW's Diary Comments

Courage and Peace, 1934
October Roadside was made from Avery Rd. in Buck-
land just below the farm seen in the above image.
If you enlarge this picture we illustrate that the tiny
diary shed seen to the left of the farm above can also
be seen in through the trees in October Roadside

"Painted between 1935 and 1940. Sold to the Grand Central Art Galleries in April, 1952, for their Founders Show of 1952."

Editor's Note:

It is shocking to us that there is no record of this painting ever exhibiting, yet, Woodward later sells it the Grand Central Art Galleries for their annual Founders' event. The Founders' show is an event by which which the gallery selects the best available work from their stable of artists, purchases it, and then turns around to re-sell the artwork for a profit. It is an honor for a painting to be selected by the gallery and offered to its most prestigious clients. Woodward always complained that the gallery would tell him who bought the painting.

To contextualize this situation, it appears Woodward like the canvas so much he kept it for himself. Still, he does retire in 1951 and he does sell a few favorites after he retires we believe for the money.

Painting's frame nameplate

Woodward's signature in the lower right