Charles Schreyvogel (American, 1861-1912) Haying Time Oil on canvas 25-1/4 x 34 inches (64.1 x 86.4 cm) Signed lower right: Chas Schreyvogel PROVENANCE: Jack Bartfield, New York; Private collection, Fredericksburg, Texas, gift from the above. We thank Michael R. Grauer, Art Historian/Historian of the American West, Michael R. Grauer LLC, for his invaluable cataloging assistance. Born in New York in 1861, Charles Schreyvogel studied in Munich before traveling west in 1893. His artistic development united European academic training with an lasting interest in American frontier life. Although best known for his depictions of cavalry soldiers, horses, and military encounters, he also explored quieter subjects that reveal the breadth of his artistic interests. Throughout Schreyvogel’s work, the partnership between man and horse serves as a recurring expression of endurance and shared purpose. Whether depicting cavalry action or agricultural labor, he emphasizes the strength and coordination through which people and animals meet the demands of their surroundings. In Haying Time, this interdependence finds a quieter expression in the harvest, where human effort and equine power unite in the sustained work of rural life. In Haying Time, Schreyvogel creates a dramatic atmosphere through the contrast of storm-darkened skies, windswept trees, and sunlit fields. The warm light emerging through the clouds of the passing storm illuminates the hay wagon and the surrounding field, spotlighting the scene's narrative. The painting’s higher-keyed palette, treatment of clouds and mountains, and sorrel team drawing the hay wagon suggest a possible relationship to Schreyvogel Farm (circa 1905), formerly at the National Cowboy Museum. Warm yellows and ochres articulate the harvested ground, while cooler tones carry the eye toward distant mountains. The interplay of sunlight and unsettled weather underscores the dependence of agricultural work on changing natural conditions. The composition balances pastoral calm with an awareness of the physical demands and environmental conditions governing life on the land. Schreyvogel’s Haying Time broadens our understanding of his engagement with American life. Its attention to ordinary labor extends his interpretation of strength and perseverance beyond frontier conflict, affirming the significance of his rural subjects within his larger body of work. HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Jack Bartfield, New York; Private collection, Fredericksburg, Texas, gift from the above.

Canvas is wax-resin lined, surface of canvas is visible throughout composition. Faint stretcher bar lines visible along upper edge. 1/8" raw canvas edge visible along upper edge of frame; approximately 3/4" mended tear along upper right edge of canvas. Under UV examination, there is evidence of inpainting throughout, primarily within the sky and along canvas edges; 3/8" x 1/8" area of pigment loss with subsequent inpainting located in the farthest left tree. Pinpoint area of pigment loss above signature; areas of pigment loss throughout hills on left side of composition. Under raking light, there appears to be moderate craquelure throughout the sky. Varnish appears slightly yellowed. Orange, pinpoint surface accretion located approximately 9" from top center of canvas.
Framed Dimensions 29.25 X 38 Inches