Bidspirit auction | Aaron Harry Gorson (1872 -

Aaron Harry Gorson (1872 - 1933) American - Aaron Harry Gorson (1872 - 1933) Oil on panel, signed lower right ”A H Gorson”, piece measures 16 x 12 and 17.5 x 14.5 inches w/frame. Pioneer industrial landscapist Aaron Harry Gorson, born in 1872, came to the United States in 1890 from his native Lithuania. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Anshutz. In Paris in 1899, he studied at the Academie Colarossi with Jean Paul Laurens, and the Academie Julien with Benjamin Constant.After Paris, Gorson returned to Pittsburgh in 1903 where he lived and painted until the early 1920s. He was a true urban poet of the paintbrush, in love with the night-time beauty of industrial Pittsburgh, the magic of smelting and manufacturing, the glowing of the many lights and their effects on the multi-shaped clouds of smoke amid the setting of the curving Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers. What we today, in our perhaps overly sentimental environmental way, would view only as pollution, Gorson saw as moving visual poetry and monumental artistic beauty. Gorson's paintings of the mills were highly prized by collectors during the last thirty years of his life, and he is remembered today for his achievements in this genre. He was also widely exhibited in major American art museums like the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and National Academy of Design in New York City.Gorson moved to New York City in 1921, where his professional career continued to flourish until his death of pneumonia in 1933.Aaron Harry Gorson held memberships in the Art Alliance of America, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Brooklyn Art Association, and L'Union Internationale des Beaux Arts et Lettres. His work is in the collections of the Heckscher Museum, Huntington, Long Island; Newark Museum, New Jersey; and Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, among others. Condition: The absence of a condition report does not imply an object is free of defects. All items may have normal signs of age and wear commensurate with their age; these issues will likely not be mentioned in the condition report. Please contact the auction house before the auction with any condition questions. Questions about condition will not be answered after purchase. Condition reports are provided as a courtesy, and we are not responsible for any errors or omissions. Important note on frames: Frames are not guaranteed to be in the same condition as they are in the item photograph. Due to handling and shipping, many frames, especially antique ones, are prone to losses. If you have questions about the condition of a frame, please contact us prior to the auction.