Quick Reference
Unknown
Unknown
Chalk Drawing
Landscape
Mountains, Landscapes & Views
22 x 29
Pynchon Galleries, 1929
Unknown
NA
Related Links
- See also the Mountains Gallery to view related pieces.
- See also the Landscapes & Views Gallery to view related pieces.
- See also the Exhibition List for other Exhibits.
- Checkout more Articles regarding Woodward.
- Read the Scrapbook story about the Pynchon Gallery Exhibition, 1926 for more.
Artwork Mentioned
- God's Quiet Acre
- Clouds In May
- From The Heights
- The Sea Of Hills, Chalk
- The Genial Old House, Chalk
- December Farm; A Winter Sketch
- The Young Tree And The Old House
- The Twin Barns
- Aeolus: Home Of The Winds, 1929
- From The Pasture Top
- A High and Rocky Mowing
- The Hopper at Greylock
- The Chimney Shadow
- Warped Roofs
Regarding the
Chalk Drawings
The following is an excerpt from, "An Artist of his Time", a lecture, hosted by the Friends of RSW, on RSW by Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, which also did a feature article on RSW. CLICK HERE to view the Article
"...the pastel works - they're just fantastic. And I'm afraid that they photograph very well but you don't really appreciate the difficulty of making them until you see them up close. That as you know with pastel, you have to be very very good to make it work, because it hard to correct a mistake. With oil paint it's much easier to cover over the error. But these are really really spectacular."
October 4, 2014
Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
Featured Artwork: Mount Peru in Summer
RSW's Diary Comments
A closer look at the name and signature
Woodward never kept an official ledger of his remarkable chalk drawings much to our chagrin. He never gave them equal footing to that of his oil paintings.
For Woodward, it seemed as if he did them for the pure enjoyment of drawing, his first love.
However, as time has passed they are as equally admired
and coveted by many for their extraordinary beauty and skill and in many cases have out-paced in value their sibling oils.
Additional Notes
This chalk drawing is privately owned.
It is believed this is the chalk drawing referred to as "Peru Mountain" in the article below.
The Pynchon Gallery Exhibition is one of the few
exhibitions that featured Woodward's "Crayon Drawings." As many as 13 were reported to be exhibited and this website is not aware of
any exhibit that featured more than this number. The Deerfield Academy, 1932 Exhibition featured 10
drawings.
Springfield Republican, 1929, by Jeanette C. Matthews
