Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Gift of The Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
1959.GIMBEL.24

Winter Fun

October 1 1947 (Date published)
1946 – 1947 (Date created)
Oil
Painting
Paintings
26 in W x 16 in H (Image)
36.5 in W x 25 in H x 2.9528 in D (Frame)
60 cm W x 40.5 cm H (Image)
92.6 cm W x 67.1 cm H (Frame)
American
Many ice skaters on frozen lake under wooden bridge with spectators, snow covered hills, and house behind.
"Winter sports, practiced since pioneer days in Pennsylvania, have become a thriving business. Resorts cater to the trader, and snow trains carry the sport enthusiasts into the mountains for skiing and skating." (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.
Gimbel Pennsylvania Art Collection #24
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
Social
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