Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Gift of The Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
1959.GIMBEL.12

Gettysburg

1947 (Date created)
October 1 1947 (Date published)
Gouache, Watercolor
Painting
Paintings
40.51 in W x 31.89 in H x 2.36 in D (Frame)
Notes: x
28.15 in W x 19 in H (Image)
102.9 cm W x 81 cm H (Frame)
71.5 cm W x 48.5 cm H (Image)
American
Landscape with battlefield site and National Military Park with equestrian and monolithic marble monuments, rolling green hills, figure groups admiring monuments.
"Gettysburg, site of the decisive Civil War battle that bears its name, lies eight miles north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Today it is best known for its National Military Park which covers 2,394 acres, and the Soldiers' National Cemetery with 3,604 graves. More than 2,000 markers and monuments commemorate the Civil War." (D. Grafty, "Pennsylvania as Artists See it: The Gimbel PA Art Collection", 1948)
In Collection
ca. 1959, University Art Gallery Gift of Mr. Steve Osterweis, President of Gimbel Brothers, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.

ca. 1946-1959, Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
Catalog of October 1, 1947 (first publication of the paintings)

D. Grafty, "Pennsylvania as Artists See it: The Gimbel PA Art Collection", 1948

R. Gigler, "Pittsburgh's Man of Steel", Pittsburgh Press Roto, August 12, 1979.

O. Francis, "The Saga of Joe Magarac Steelman", Scribner's Magazine, nov. 1931.

Roy Kahn, "Real Pittsburgh: Just an Average Joe", Pittsburgh Magazine, nov. 1985, 17-18.

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Feb. 25, 1948

John Oliver La Gorce, "Artists Look At Pennsylvania", National Geographic Magazine

Catalogue from March 1959 when the collection was presented at the new University Student Union at Pitt (formerly Schenley Hotel).
Please note that cataloging is ongoing and that some information may not be complete.
Corporate commissions
Western Pennsylvania
Landscapes
Civil War
Gettysburg