Shadyside
Object number2015.114.69
Artist
Ron Donoughe
Date2014
MediumVarnish/Glue/Ink/Paper/Paint/Wood/Birch/Graphite/Oil Paint
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with funds from Pittsburgh Foundation, Heinz Endowments, and Fine Foundation.
DescriptionOil painting on Baltic birch panel. Rectangular. Three-story house is set in the midground of the painting; it is two-toned, with green second and third stories and a cream first story, with a gray roof. There is a circular turret with a conical roof in the center, and a gold-toned band of ornamentation below the roofline/across the top section on the front of the house. Driveway on left side of the house, leading up to a porte-cochere. Front yard in the foreground of the painting, with green shrubbery and purple flowers along the front of the house and a large tree in the middle of the yard. The right side of another tree is visible on the left side. There are more trees in the background-left of the house, as well as on the midground-right side of the scene. Blue, lightly cloudy sky across top section. Artist's signature in the lower right corner painted in dark gray.Dimensions9 x 12 x 0.75 in. (22.9 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm)Signed"R Donoughe 14" painted in dark gray in lower right corner.
InscriptionsText on back in black ink: in the top left corner "69", across the top-center "SHADYSIDE", in the top right section "WESTMINSTER PLACE / MAY / 22 / 2014", and across the lower center section "Ron Donoughe".
Historical NotesDepiction of a three-story house in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh. In 2013-2014, Pittsburgh artist Ron Donoughe undertook the project of painting all 90 of Pittsburgh's neighborhoods in a single year. Inspired by an Internet map of the city's neighborhoods, he decided to paint them in alphabetical order and to complete the project within a single year to capture the changing seasons. Donoughe set out to paint two neighborhoods a week, often driving or walking each area before deciding on his "subject." A plein-air painter he worked outside in each neighborhood, capturing the natural light and shadows. Most of the small works are painted on Baltic birch, a few are on linen panels. The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts exhibited the 90 paintings from May 15 through August 9, 2015, and collaborated with the artist on a book and poster. A native of Loretto, Pennsylvania, Donoughe lives in Pittsburgh and maintains a studio in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of the city. He received a B.A. in Art Education from Indiana University of Pa. and studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He is best known for his realistic landscape paintings of this region, often painted from life - working outside and capturing a scene in a single day - preserving a moment in time. Donoughe's work can be found in many corporate and private collections including the Westmoreland Museum of Art and the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. His interest in plein-art painting led to the formation of The Plein-Air Painters of Western Pennsylvania.
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