Painting
Object number2012.108.1 a,b
Artist
James Bonar
(1864 - 1942)
Date1912
MediumOil on canvas; Wood
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Drake Brooks
DescriptionFramed oil painting featuring an industrial scene along a river: top left has factory building with people walking across covered bridge that continues off-scene; bottom right is the river with a building out of which are horses walking; this building has a smoking stack; on the bottom left, a man being led by two more horses on the beach.DimensionsFramed dimensions: Height 25.5, Width 30.5, Depth 0.875Canvas only: Height 22.125, Width 27, Depth 1.
Signed"James Bonar / 1912" in bottom left corner.
Historical NotesJames Bonar was a late nineteenth and early twentieth century Pittsburgh businessman born in Dunfermline, Scotland, the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie. Bonar migrated to the United States where he was employed for a time by the Carnegie Steel Company and later formed his own steam appliance company. Bonar was also an artist and served for a number of years as president of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.
Related institution
Carnegie Steel Company
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