Portrait of Danny Murtaugh
Object number2008.152.17
Artist
Henry Koerner
(1915 - 1991)
Date1970-1976
MediumPaper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Henry Koerner
DescriptionBlack ink pen drawing of Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh.Dimensions15.875 x 20.75 in. (40.3 x 52.7 cm)MarksHandwritten in pencil on back: "MANAGER / [crossed out] CHUCK TANNER / DANNY MURTAUGH".
Historical NotesDrawing of Danny Murtaugh. Danny Murtaugh was the manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates a number of times: 1957-1964, 1967, 1970-1971, and 1973-1976. He won two World Series Championships as Manager. In his early years, Murtaugh played second base for the Pirates from 1948-1951. This drawing is part of a collection of sixteen pen and ink drawings of Pittsburgh Pirates, by artist Henry Koerner. Henry Koerner was a Vienna-born painter whose portraits of celebrities like Maria Callas and John F. Kennedy appeared on the cover of Time magazine. He was considered a master of Magic Realism, whose works are in the permanent collection of several museums, such as the National Portrait Gallery and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He started out as a commercial artist in Brooklyn. He emigrated to the United States in 1938. Throughout much of WWII, he designed posters for the Office of War Information and the Office of Strategic Services. He was sent to Germany after the war to sketch the Nuremberg trials for the American Military Government. Koerner visited Vienna and learned that his mother, father, and brother died in a concentration camp. Koerner moved to Pittsburgh in 1952 and taught at Chatham College and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He was hit by a car while bicycling with his wife and died while in Vienna in 1991.
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
Related institution
Daniel Edward Murtaugh
(1917 - 1976)
Related person
Charles William Tanner
(1928 - 2011)
Related institution
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Related institution
Chatham University
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