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Holsteins and Guernseys by Water
12 in. x 16 in.Edward C. Volkert, American, (1871–1935)
Medium and Support:
oil on academy board
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.148
By 1922, when Edward Volkert moved to Lyme, it was one of the few rural communities with an adequate supply of his signature subject matter—cows. This picture belongs to a tradition of animal painting that reached its height in nineteenth century Europe, but Volkert updates the genre with impressionist brushwork, vibrant colors, and an eye for dazzling sunlight. To capture the solidity and weight of their bodies, the artist modeled cows in clay and traveled to slaughterhouses to study their anatomy. During the summers he spent in Old Lyme, he rose before dawn like a farmer to paint cows in the fields.
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