Ohio Furnaces, Carnegie Steel Co.
Object number2014.119.6
Artist
James Bonar
(1864 - 1942)
Date1916
MediumOil on canvas
Credit LineGift of Ellen Bonar Wilt
DescriptionOil painting. Image of a steel mill.Dimensions9.875 x 13.875 in., 0.188 in. (25.1 x 35.2 cm, 0.5 cm)Signed"Ohio Furnaces, Carnegie Steel Co. / Youngstown, / Ohio / - June 1916 - / James Bonar [signature]" in ink on reverse.
InscriptionsAdditional notes on the back in graphite.
Historical NotesPainting depicts the Ohio Furnaces of Carnegie Steel Company in Youngstown, Ohio. No frame. Donated by the artist's grandaughter. Part of a collection of oil paintings of industrial scenes by James Bonar. 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.
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Carnegie Steel Company
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James Bonar and Company
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United States Steel Corporation
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Pittsburgh Gage and Supply Company
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