Hauling and Harrowing
The Work of Edward Volkert
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Untitled [Trees and sky]
![Untitled [Trees and sky]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image063.jpg)
Untitled [House and Barn—the artist’s?]
![Untitled [House and Barn—the artist’s?]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image062.jpg)
Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins in misty field
The Pasture, Spring
Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins on hill with hazy mauve background]
![Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins on hill with hazy mauve background]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image058.jpg)
Drawing Wood
Untitled [Man with four oxen pulling load of hay]
![Untitled [Man with four oxen pulling load of hay]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image055.jpg)
April
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys on a morning hillside]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys on a morning hillside]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image041.png)
(B+W Photo of larger painting, Waiting (ca. 1931), based on sketch)
Untitled [Man with two oxen pulling wood cart in snow]
![Untitled [Man with two oxen pulling wood cart in snow]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image023.png)
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys on Hill in Morning]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys on Hill in Morning]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image018.png)
Untitled [Man driving oxen over hill]
![Untitled [Man driving oxen over hill]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image014.jpg)
Summer Morning [Holsteins and Guernseys coming through an opening in stone wall]
![Summer Morning [Holsteins and Guernseys coming through an opening in stone wall]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image011.jpg)
Snow Scene [Cows at Barway]
![Snow Scene [Cows at Barway]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image010.jpg)
Untitled [Holsteins on a hill]
![Untitled [Holsteins on a hill]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image008.jpg)
Jessica Volkert holding Ruth Volkert [later Ruth Middleton]
![Jessica Volkert holding Ruth Volkert [later Ruth Middleton]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image005.jpg)
Ruth Volkert
Old Lyme Congregational Church
In the Shade
Cattle
Cattle
Cattle
Cattle
Cattle
Cattle
Seated Female Nude
Allegorical Sketch
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of an Elderly Man
Going Home
Ox with Haywagon
Untitled [Ox pulling wood cart in snow]
![Untitled [Ox pulling wood cart in snow]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/75.6.22.jpg)
Farmer’s Ferry
Flock of Sheep
Untitled [Oxen and cart]
![Untitled [Oxen and cart]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK-CK03-Volkert-oxen-and-cart-3.jpg)
Untitled [Four cows grazing near rows of trees]
![Untitled [Four cows grazing near rows of trees]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK-CK02-Volkert-four-cows-1.jpg)
Sunlight, Browsing in the Sunshine
Portrait of Phillip Volkert
Untitled [Dark and light cows under shade trees]
![Untitled [Dark and light cows under shade trees]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK42-Volkert-two-cows-standing-1.jpg)
Cattle Resting
Untitled [Cattle at watering hole]
![Untitled [Cattle at watering hole]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK40-Volkert-cattle-at-a-watering-hole-by-a-chestnut-tree-3.jpg)
Untitled [Cattle grazing in the shade]
![Untitled [Cattle grazing in the shade]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK39-Volkert-cattle-grazing-shade-1.jpg)
An Outing for Artists / Tea Day
The Gossips
Untitled [Farmer driving cows down road]
![Untitled [Farmer driving cows down road]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK36-Volkert-farmer-leading-cows-down-road-midday-1.jpg)
Farmer with his Horses
Leading the Wagon
Untitled [Cows grazing in sloping pasture]
![Untitled [Cows grazing in sloping pasture]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK33-Volkert-cows-grazing-in-pasture-1.jpg)
Untitled [Farmer watering cows in a barn]
![Untitled [Farmer watering cows in a barn]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK31-Volkert-watering-the-cows-in-the-barn-1.jpg)
Mums in a Vase
Untitled [Two horses plowing field in early spring]
![Untitled [Two horses plowing field in early spring]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK29-Volkert-two-horses-plowing-field-in-early-spring-1.jpg)
Portrait of Jessica Volkert
Untitled [Farmer and four oxen pulling cart across plowed field]
![Untitled [Farmer and four oxen pulling cart across plowed field]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK27-Volkert-farmer-and-4-oxen-pulling-cart-across-field-1.jpg)
Untitled [Man loading cart hitched to white and brown oxen]
![Untitled [Man loading cart hitched to white and brown oxen]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK26-Volkert-man-and-two-oxen-pulling-a-cart-1.jpg)
Portrait of Ruth Volkert Middleton
Loading the Drag
Crossing the Brook
Untitled [Autumn landscape]
![Untitled [Autumn landscape]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK22-Volkert-autumnal-landscape-1.jpg)
The Jagg of Wood
Untitled [Ox cart with farmer and hay on dusty road]
![Untitled [Ox cart with farmer and hay on dusty road]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK20-Volkert-two-oxen-and-farmer-pulling-hay-wagon-1.jpg)
A Cool Retreat
Untitled [Sheep resting under shade trees]
![Untitled [Sheep resting under shade trees]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK18-Volkert-sheep-resting-under-shade-tree-1.jpg)
Untitled [Cow’s head on painter’s palette]
![Untitled [Cow’s head on painter’s palette]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK17-Volkert-cow-head-on-painter-palette-1.jpg)
Farmer and Pair of Oxen
Resting
Untitled [Two views of oxen and wagons]
![Untitled [Two views of oxen and wagons]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK14-Volkert-two-perspectives-of-oxen-and-wagon-1.jpg)
Untitled [Oxen pulling skid of wood fence posts in early winter]
![Untitled [Oxen pulling skid of wood fence posts in early winter]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK13-Volkert-oxen-pulling-skid-of-fence-posts-in-winter-1.jpg)
Untitled [Farmers loading wood into ox cart]
![Untitled [Farmers loading wood into ox cart]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK12-Volkert-farmers-loading-fence-posts-into-ox-pulled-cart-3.jpg)
Untitled [Black and white cows under flowering tree]
![Untitled [Black and white cows under flowering tree]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK11-Volkert-cows-resting-under-tree-1.jpg)
Untitled [Cows under tree on hilltop]
![Untitled [Cows under tree on hilltop]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK10-Volkert-cows-under-shade-tree-1.jpg)
Untitled [two cows under shade near fence]
![Untitled [two cows under shade near fence]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK09-Volkert-two-cows-under-shade-along-fence-1.jpg)
July Day
Sunshine and Shadow
Hill Pasture
Field Sketch for Farmer with his Horses
Resting #5
Untitled [milking cows in the barn]
![Untitled [milking cows in the barn]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK02-Volkert-Sketch-of-watering-the-cows-in-the-barn-1.jpg)
Untitled [Two cows, Holstein and Guernsey, by water]
![Untitled [Two cows, Holstein and Guernsey, by water]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DK01-Volkert-Holstein-and-Guernsey-by-water-3.jpg)
Farmer’s Ferry
Untitled [Six-oxen team pulling hay past barn]
![Untitled [Six-oxen team pulling hay past barn]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-19-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
The Scramble
Untitled [Ox team pulling load of wood in fall]
![Untitled [Ox team pulling load of wood in fall]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-16-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Cows grazing on steep slope, dotted brushwork]
![Untitled [Cows grazing on steep slope, dotted brushwork]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-15-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Black and brown cattle grazing with heads together]
![Untitled [Black and brown cattle grazing with heads together]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-14-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Black and white cattle grazing with wall in middle ground]
![Untitled [Black and white cattle grazing with wall in middle ground]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-13-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Oxen and two drivers on a dusty road]
![Untitled [Oxen and two drivers on a dusty road]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-12-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Sheep on road with one brown animal in front]
![Untitled [Sheep on road with one brown animal in front]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-11-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Small cows grazing against a tall sky]
![Untitled [Small cows grazing against a tall sky]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-10-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Brown cows grazing at the edge of shadowed grass]
![Untitled [Brown cows grazing at the edge of shadowed grass]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-9-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Cows grazing amid mountain laurel in Catskills]
![Untitled [Cows grazing amid mountain laurel in Catskills]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-8-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Clouds]
![Untitled [Clouds]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-7-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Cows grazing amid mountain laurel in the Catskills]
![Untitled [Cows grazing amid mountain laurel in the Catskills]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-6-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Spectators on a hillside]
![Untitled [Spectators on a hillside]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-5-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Oxen plowing with two men]
![Untitled [Oxen plowing with two men]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-4-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Cows against large sky]
![Untitled [Cows against large sky]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-3-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [White and brown cows grazing with heads together]
![Untitled [White and brown cows grazing with heads together]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-2-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Building on hillside]
![Untitled [Building on hillside]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Toms-Volkerts-1-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins in field with green mountain in the background]
![Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins in field with green mountain in the background]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-12-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Angel Appearing to Shepherds with Star]
![Untitled [Angel Appearing to Shepherds with Star]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-13-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Studies of Baby Ruth Middleton]
![Untitled [Studies of Baby Ruth Middleton]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-45-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Ruth Volkert Middleton
Two Asleep, Ruth and Dodo
Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins on Hill, Blue Sky with Cloud]
![Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins on Hill, Blue Sky with Cloud]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-22-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [View overlooking farmland]
![Untitled [View overlooking farmland]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-32-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
A Warm Day
Untitled [Four brown oxen in snow with man in cart unloading wood]
![Untitled [Four brown oxen in snow with man in cart unloading wood]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-31-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Four brown oxen pulling cart with man beside]
![Untitled [Four brown oxen pulling cart with man beside]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-30-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Two brown oxen pulling man in cart]
![Untitled [Two brown oxen pulling man in cart]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-29-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Light and dark brown oxen plowing by water]
![Untitled [Light and dark brown oxen plowing by water]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-39-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Waiting
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing in shade on hill]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing in shade on hill]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-36-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Holsteins grazing in pasture]
![Untitled [Holsteins grazing in pasture]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-26-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing in pasture]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing in pasture]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JK-Volkerts-24-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins in field with green mountain in the background]
![Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins in field with green mountain in the background]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-12-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Lengthening Shadows
Untitled [Angel Appearing to Shepherds with Star]
![Untitled [Angel Appearing to Shepherds with Star]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-13-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Studies of Baby Ruth Middleton]
![Untitled [Studies of Baby Ruth Middleton]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-45-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Ruth Volkert Middleton
Two Asleep, Ruth and Dodo
Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins on Hill, Blue Sky with Cloud]
![Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins on Hill, Blue Sky with Cloud]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-22-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [View overlooking farmland]
![Untitled [View overlooking farmland]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-32-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
A Warm Day
Untitled [Four brown oxen in snow with man in cart unloading wood]
![Untitled [Four brown oxen in snow with man in cart unloading wood]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-31-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Four brown oxen pulling cart with man beside]
![Untitled [Four brown oxen pulling cart with man beside]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-30-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Two brown oxen pulling man in cart]
![Untitled [Two brown oxen pulling man in cart]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-29-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Light and dark brown oxen plowing by water]
![Untitled [Light and dark brown oxen plowing by water]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-39-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Sketch for Waiting
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing in shade on hill]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing in shade on hill]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-36-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Holsteins grazing in pasture]
![Untitled [Holsteins grazing in pasture]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-26-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing in pasture]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing in pasture]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-24-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins on hill, shady foreground with sunlight behind]
![Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins on hill, shady foreground with sunlight behind]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-41-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Sketch for Summer
Spring Pastures
Untitled [Guernseys and white cow grazing on hill]
![Untitled [Guernseys and white cow grazing on hill]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-35-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing on hill]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing on hill]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-37-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins Lying in Field]
![Untitled [Guernseys and Holsteins Lying in Field]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-28-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Early Spring Pasture
Misty Day
The Returning Herd
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing on hill, blue haze in background]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys grazing on hill, blue haze in background]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-15-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys Grazing in Pasture]
![Untitled [Holsteins and Guernseys Grazing in Pasture]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-21-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Two Brown Oxen with Man Plowing Field]
![Untitled [Two Brown Oxen with Man Plowing Field]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-17-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Untitled [Two Holsteins and One Guernsey in Shady Stream]
![Untitled [Two Holsteins and One Guernsey in Shady Stream]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-18-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Early Morning
October
Untitled [Man and Boy Plowing with Oxen]
![Untitled [Man and Boy Plowing with Oxen]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-7-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
Loading Hay
In Connecticut
Untitled [Family Portrait]--Woman and Girl in Garden
![Untitled [Family Portrait]--Woman and Girl in Garden](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JK-Volkerts-2-edited-Pixlr.jpg)
The Lane
Water Hole
Family Portrait—Ruth Volkert Middleton and Daughter Ruth in Garden
The Train—Children Playing
Farmer’s Ferry
Untitled [Cows]
![Untitled [Cows]](https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2001_37_2-1.jpg)
Edward Volkert working from oxen as models
Edward Volkert’s home on Sterling City Road in Lyme
Along the Road
Going Home
Resting #3
Cattle
Holsteins and Guernseys by Water
Misty Morning
Cattle
Harrowing
Ox with Haywagon
Oxen Hauling Logs in the Snow
Along the Road
