Construction on Bigelow Boulevard
Object number2010.53.1
Artist
Samuel Rosenberg
(American, 1896 - 1972)
Date1940
MediumOil on canvas; Wood
Credit LineGift of Arline Rosenberg
DescriptionFramed painting. Oil on canvas. Mulitcolored scene, center features dirt road with mound in center, a few workers and machinery, and a tree atop a bricked embankment. Image of a man in a blue shirt and work jacket, walking up hill near bottom of painting. Background features distant images of buildings of the city and on Polish Hill (especially the dome of Immaculate Heart of Mary church,) signature on lower right corner.Dimensions41.75 x 37.625 in. (106 x 95.6 cm)Signed"Samuel Rosenberg 40" lower right corner.
Inscriptions"Construction on Bigelow Boulvard-1940-30x40 / Oil & Leuipera [?] on Masonite".
Historical NotesThe 1940 construction of Bigelow Boulevard is the subject of this painting. Artist and teacher Samuel Rosenberg had a prolific career in Pittsburgh, leading him to be called the "Dean of Pittsburgh painters." He is perhaps best-known for his scenes of the Hill District in the 1920s and 1930s. Rosenberg was a beloved presence in the Pittsburgh art world and influenced numerous artists through his teaching careers at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Young Men & Women's Hebrew Association, and Carnegie Tech.
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