This website is a tribute to the life and artwork of Western Massachusetts artist Robert Strong Woodward (1885 -1957).

What’s New

Fine Art Connoisseur
Watch for the January/February issue of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine It features an article about Robert Strong Woodward written by editor Peter Trippi.
Website Rebuild
We are currently updating the entire website. The entire Gallery section for every available painting and chalk drawing is complete. We are continuing to update the Scrapbook pages. Please be patient with us however as we have hundreds of pages that need to be updated with the changes and currently some links do not work. We are working to correct these as quickly as possible.

Recent Updates

  • Southwick Reconstruction, a well illustrated essay describing the major reconstruction that was done at Robert Strong Woodward's final home and studio.    04.21.2013
  • The War Years, a description of Robert Strong Woodward's life during the war years.    04.21.2013
  • The Farm in June, This lovely chalk drawing has been in our unknown section since the beginning. We knew of its existance from a grainy black and white photo. The owner located us and provide a beautiful color photo.    04.21.2013
  • Unnamed 19, The owner of this unusual small painting contacted us and told the story of why RSW gave the painting to his family.     04.21.2013
  • Unnamed 4, The owner of this oil painting provided us a photograph of this sugar house that used to sit at the bottom of Charlemont Road     04.21.2013
  • Across The Stream, A black and white photograph of a room where this painting was hung was located recently. It is very poor, but we now know the name of the painting. We hope we find the current owner soon so that they can provide a better color photo.    2.23.2013
  • Snow From The North, The owners of this lovely window painting located our website after reading the wonderful Peter Trippi article about RSW in a recent issue of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine    02.17.2013

Monthly Featured Artwork: Farmyard Sun

Farmyard Sun, an oil painting by Robert Strong Woodward. The June view depicted on the 2013 Buckland Historical Society Woodward Calendar

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Artist Against All Odds

Hailed as "a compelling read" and "beautifully written," ARTIST AGAINST ALL ODDS tells with grace and humor how Buckland, Massachusetts painter Robert Strong Woodward came to share his unique view of the rural New England landscape with the world. The book includes a selection of color images of Woodward's paintings and an illustrated map by cartographer Angus McCusker highlighting the location of Woodward's western Franklin County, Massachusetts studios.

2013 Calendar

The new 2013 Robert Strong Woodward Buckland Historical Society calendar has been released.

Our Scrapbook

Read our numerous scrapbook articles for more information about Robert Strong Woodward, his artwork, his life, and his friends.

The Gallery

Our Gallery pages contain all the information about every piece of Robert Strong Woodward artwork available. We are constantly striving to gather more images and further our collection.