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Monongahela Wharf

Object number2014.119.7 a,b

Artist James Bonar (1864 - 1942)

Date1914

MediumOil on canvas; Wood

Credit LineGift of Ellen Bonar Wilt

DescriptionOil painting on paperboard. Color landscape with two figures in the foreground and the river in the background with a ship right of center. The figures are likely working with coal. The sky dominates three-quarters of the scene.Dimensions(a) Height 9.375, Width 11, Depth 0.313;
(b) Height 10.125, Width 11.813, Depth .0.688. [Part b, frame, was disposed of on 1/28/2016.]
Signed"JAMES BONAR 14" painting in bottom right corner.
Inscriptions(a)
Back is grey with notes handwritten in blue and grey graphite.
Marks(b)
Partial paper label on back in top left corner with typewritten black text "...a Wharf. / Bonar."
White piece of paper adhered with adhesive tape to the center of the back has handwritten in graphite "TITLE "_______a WARF / JAMES BONAR 1914 / 9h x 11w"".
Historical NotesThe donor Ellen Bonar Wilt is the granddaughter of Pittsburgh artist James Bonar. Part of a collection of oil paintings of industrial scenes by James Bonar (1864-1942). Bonar was a Scottish native who came to Pittsburgh to work for Carnegie in 1884. In 1893, he helped organize the Pittsburgh Gage and Supply Company. Later he organized his own firm, James Bonar and Company, that sold steam appliances. During WWI, he was the superintendent of expedition at U.S. Steel before being selected in 1919 as the Superintendent of Buildings by the Pittsburgh Board of Education. As an artist he served for many years as the President of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.

Related institution James Bonar and Company

Related institution Pittsburgh Gage and Supply Company

Related institution United States Steel Corporation

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