Sketchbook
Object number2014.119.9
Artist
James Bonar
(1864 - 1942)
Date1904-1910
MediumPaper; Canvas; Graphite; Paint
Credit LineGift of Ellen Bonar Wilt
DescriptionRectangular sketchbook. Brown canvas cover. Front has sunken text. Canvas sleeve at top for holding a writing implement. Thread bound paper inside with drawings, paintings, and writings by James Bonar on each page. Artwork includes landscapes, rural scenes, trees, animals, barns, buildings, painting studies, perspective studies, and figure drawings.Dimensions5.438 x 7.938 x 0.5 in. (13.8 x 20.2 x 1.3 cm)InscriptionsFront has embossed text "Sketches".
Thread bound paper inside with drawings, paintings, and writings by James Bonar on each page.
Historical NotesSketchbook of artist James Bonar. Donated by his granddaughter Ellen Bonar Wilt. 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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