RSW's Diary Comments

Through October Hills Sepia

"Painted 1944-45. A brilliant autumn canvas, composed in the studio from elements of different previous canvases of mine, a purplish Oct. mountain with shafts of sunlight on it. The background (taken from Just After Haying Time) --a stonewalled roadway running out of the foreground to drop into middle distance (taken from Wind'll Blow Hill canvas) with mass of autumn trees at the left. Made for tentative clients of Vose Galleries but not bought by them when offered for inspection. Soon purchased, however, from the studio by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Billings of Hatfield, Mass. At the time made several variations in size composition etc. of the same general theme."

This painting was purchased privately from original owner for $5,200.

One of only 3 known composite paintings by RSW. Below are the paintings used to compose this piece and below that is the website's effort to use both images to make it's own composite.

Just After Haying Time

Wind'll Blow Hill

Through October Hills Image Composite