Steel Mills

Object number86.1.260 a,b

Artist Aaron Harry Gorson (1872 - 1933)

Date1912

MediumOil,canvas, wood, plaster

Credit LineGift of Carl Borntraeger

DescriptionDark impressionistic oil painting. River flows through center of painting. In lower left foreground are two boats are moored to river bank. Centered & spanning the Monongahela river is a steel beamed bridge. On far bank of river appears seven smokestacks and hints of mills. Coming from the smokestakes and behind bridge is bright furnace light and smoke. Light illuminates river in foreground & casts bridge's shadow. Painted in dark blues, greens and blacks. Mill lights in yellow, white and tansDimensions41.4999 x 33.4999 in. (105.4 x 85.1 cm)
SignedLower left corner, A.H. Gorson
MarksLabel on back: Steel Mills/ Gorson/ Gift of/ Karl Borntraeger/ 5/12/52
Historical NotesCarl Borntraeger to Heinz History Center, 1952

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