Quick Reference

Time Period:
c. 1931

Location:
Burnt Hill, Heath, MA.

Medium:
Oil on Canvas

Type:
Landscape

Category:
Pastures, Beech Tree

Size:
25" x 30"

Exhibited:
Grand Central Galleries (NYC),1931

Purchased:
The Graduating class of 1935
Amherst Massachusetts State
College

Provenance:
NA

Noteworthy:

This painting was bought by the 1935 graduating class of the Massachusetts State College in Amherst. It is believed the name was changed by the Seniors and Woodward always honored those choices.

Related Links

Featured Artwork: From a Heath Pasture ⮞ ( now: From a New England Pasture)

From a Heath Pasture

RSW's Diary Comments

Comments from the diary entry for From a New England Pasture:

"Painted in 1932. One of the earlier ones of the beech tree in the Heath Pasture bought by the graduating class of 1935 at Amherst Massachusetts State College and presented to the college where it hangs in the new library building."


Comments on the back of a sepia print:

"April 26, 1935. Sold from studio, one oil painting From A Heath Pasture .... and, of course, the painting From a Heath Pasture is to be crossed off (the insurance list) permanently, since it is sold to Massachusetts State College. "

Additional Notes

Editor's Note:

The decision was made to keep this artwork page active should someone stumble on it by accident but it no longer appears in any of the artwork galleries to keep the integrity of the actual totality of Woodward's painting count. For the whole story, visit: From a New England Pasture


This painting is also very similar to the painting named: From High in Heath.