Name/Title
Sutton Farm [View from Whippoorwill Road]Entry/Object ID
1987-4-8Description
Framed watercolor painting of Sutton Farm, view from Whippoorwill Road, by W. Stuart Archibald, 1938, modern gold frame.Artwork Details
Medium
Watercolor, Watercolor on paperContext
During the twentieth century the historic landmark of Sutton Farm proved especially appealing to local artists. Sutton Farm, located on Whippoorwill Road, was the last working farm in New Castle. Its rural setting and cluster of antique barns and other outbuildings became the inspiration for a range of personal artistic interpretations.
W. Stuart Archibald (1910-1987) grew up in Chappaqua and may have been among the first graduates of the new Horace Greeley School in 1929. He attended Antioch College and then became a professional artist, specializing in watercolors of landscapes and marine subjects. In 1938, he was commissioned by Mrs. Marshall to paint a series of watercolors of Chappaqua subjects, mostly the Quaker meetinghouse and Mrs. Marshall’s own home, the historic Stony Hollow farmhouse on Quaker Road.Made/Created
Artist
W. Stuart Archibald