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for Edward Charles Volkert
1871 - 1935
Volkert's father was a hat merchant who emigrated from the Alsace to settle in Ohio. Edward studied at Woodward High School in Cincinnati; at the Ohio Mechanics Institute, and at the Art Academy of Cincinnati under Frank Duveneck (1889-1893). He then moved to New York where he studied at the Art Students League under Chase (1895-1900) and in 1897 married Jessie Willis.
Volkert began as a portrait painter, but after he established his studio in Old Lyme, Conn., he began to focus on farm life and on cattle, oxen and sheep. Volkert studied the anatomy of animals in slaughterhouses and made clay models of them that were later cast into bronze. Volkert preferred early morning weather effects for his landscapes and would regularly rise as 3:00 a.m. His works were nostalgic and appealed to a public that mourned the passing of rural existence.
Volkert also painted murals, a number of which hang in the Cincinnati public school, including murals for Woodward High School (1915), Withrow High School; and Western Hills High School (1932).
Volkert won the Hudnut prize for "The Return of the Pasture" from the New York Water Color Club, 1920; the Cooper Prize from the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1925; the Gedney Bunce Prize, 1929; and the Goodman Prize, Lyme, 1932.
Volkert spent summers in Old Lyme, lived at intervals in New York City, and often spent winters in Cincinnati. Memorial exhibitions of his work were held at Closson's Galleries, Cincinnati, 1938; and at Mary Ryan Gallery, East Hyde Park, Ohio, 1983.
Volkert began as a portrait painter, but after he established his studio in Old Lyme, Conn., he began to focus on farm life and on cattle, oxen and sheep. Volkert studied the anatomy of animals in slaughterhouses and made clay models of them that were later cast into bronze. Volkert preferred early morning weather effects for his landscapes and would regularly rise as 3:00 a.m. His works were nostalgic and appealed to a public that mourned the passing of rural existence.
Volkert also painted murals, a number of which hang in the Cincinnati public school, including murals for Woodward High School (1915), Withrow High School; and Western Hills High School (1932).
Volkert won the Hudnut prize for "The Return of the Pasture" from the New York Water Color Club, 1920; the Cooper Prize from the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1925; the Gedney Bunce Prize, 1929; and the Goodman Prize, Lyme, 1932.
Volkert spent summers in Old Lyme, lived at intervals in New York City, and often spent winters in Cincinnati. Memorial exhibitions of his work were held at Closson's Galleries, Cincinnati, 1938; and at Mary Ryan Gallery, East Hyde Park, Ohio, 1983.
