Samuel Rosenberg was an influential Pittsburgh-based painter and art instructor. In this biography Barbara Jones tells the story of his life, accompanied by almost ninety reproductions of the artist’s work.

Samuel Rosenberg: Portrait of a Painter

Arts & Photography

Jones, Barbara L.

Individual Artists

University of Pittsburgh Press

Drawn from an era that saw Pittsburgh’s ascension to the height of industrial prowess in the United States and the world, the art in Born of Fire depicts all the drama and awe inspired by that epic age of industry. In the first half of the twentieth century, as smokestacks filled the sky and blast furnaces roared day and night, local and national artists sought to capture the raw energy and visual spectacle of the industrial landscape. The tools and fruits of industry became the glorified subjects of art—railroads, skyscrapers, bridges, steel mills, factories, forges, and laborers are among those portrayed. The collection is also significant for its broad range of artistic styles, and includes a variety of media: pencil drawings, etchings, lithographs, pastels, oil paintings, watercolors and photographs. Among the artists represented are Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, Aaron Harry Gorson, Emil Bott, Otto Kuhler, Hayley Lever, Ernest Lawson, and Johanna Knowles Woodwell Hailman.  Born of Fire catalogs a monumental period in the history of both art and industry, and provides a widely varied collection of artists and images that ennobled the spirit of human achievement.

Born of Fire: The Valley of Work (Regional)

History & Criticism

Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935) was an American landscape and still-life painter, best known for his still-life paintings of fruit. This is the catalogue of an exhibition at the Adirondack Museum, May 29 - October 15, 1993. 64 paintings are illustrated on full-page color plates: 32 Adirondack and other landscapes and 32 still lifes. 286 paintings are described in a Checklist plus another 18 in an Addendum. 9 figures and a map accompany the text.

Nature Staged: The Landscape and Still Life Paintings of Levi Wells Prentice

Adirondack Museum

The people, rolling mills, pump houses, pig iron, and slag of Southwestern Pennsylvania are presented in this book of images produced by the Westmoreland Museum of Art.

Born of Fire: The Valley of Work: Industrial Scenes of Southwestern Pennsylvania

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art

Picturing America. Signature Works From the Westmoreland Museum of American Art [Hardcover]

Westmoreland Museum of American Art