Painting

Object number2010.53.197

Artist Samuel Rosenberg (American, 1896 - 1972)

MediumPaper; paint; glue

Credit LineGift of Arline Rosenberg

DescriptionPainting on white rectangular piece of glossy paper. The paper is covered in painted squares and geometric shapes. Paper is divided by a pink and yellow painted line roughly one-quarter of the way up the page. The top three-quarters of the paper is brown and green squares with a large yellow square almost in the middle of the section. The bottom quarter of the paper is predominantly brown with two small blue squares in the lower left corner.Dimensions5.25 x 6.812 in. (13.3 x 17.3 cm)
Historical NotesArtwork by the Pittsburgh artist Samuel Rosenberg. Artist and teacher Samuel Rosenberg (1896-1972) had a prolific career in Pittsburgh, leading him to be called the “Dean of Pittsburgh painters.” He is perhaps best-known for his scenes of the Hill District in the 1920s and 1930s. Rosenberg was a beloved presence in the Pittsburgh art world and influenced numerous artists through his teaching careers at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Young Men & Women’s Hebrew Association, and Carnegie Tech.

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