William Woodward (American, 1859-1939), "Live Oak with Moss - Biloxi River", 1925, oil on canvas board, signed and dated lower right, signed and titled on exhibition labels en verso, labels from National Arts Club and Nashville Art Association, 16 in. x 20 in., original arts and crafts frame. Provenance: Rita Beattie, Warwick, New York; Catherine Greenwood, Middleton, New York; Private Collection, Virginia, since c. 1970 Exhibited: Mississippi Artists Exhibit: Nashville Art Association and the Delgado Art Museum, New Orleans; National Arts Club, New York. Note : Following his retirement from the Newcomb Art School in 1921, William Woodward and his family moved to Biloxi, MS. They bought a lot at 123 Benachi Avenue where they built a studio/home. Benachi Avenue was Biloxi's ""Avenue of Oaks"" and provided much inspiration to Woodward. The painting offered here depicts a windswept moss-laden live oak tree before the meandering Biloxi River. A beautiful example of Southern Impressionism, Woodward employs a bright palette in his portrayal of the Gulf Coast landscape. The work contains an energy and sense of atmosphere and motion not often found in his work of this period. Importantly, Woodward himself thought highly of this painting as indicated by its extensive exhibition record."