Painting

Art

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Painting

Entry/Object ID

2025.38.1

Description

Oil painting entitled "Sugaring" by Ethel T. Gear. Painting shows a steaming sugarhouse, two men in plaid checking sap buckets hanging on trees and a pair of oxen pulling a sled with a barrel of sap.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Subject

Making maple syrup

Subject Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Context

Ethel was educated in Massachusetts and came to Vermont to teach art in the Montpelier school system. She married Fred H. Gear in 1914 and they had three children. She showed some of her paintings in art shows such as the Cracker Barrel Bazaar in Newbury in 1953. She was a member of the Northern Vermont Artists League.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.38

Source or Donor

Broderick, Warren F.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Ethel Trask Gear (1890-1979)

Date made

1970

Dimensions

Height

13-1/2 in

Width

17-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier