Aaron Harry Gorson Explained

Aaron Harry Gorson (2 June 1872 in Kovno, Russian Empire – 11 October 1933 in New York City) was an American artist.

Life

He immigrated to the United States, in Philadelphia, in 1888.He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in 1894–1896 and 1897–1898, where he studied with Thomas Anshutz. ^[1] He studied at the Académie Julian, in 1900, École des Beaux-Arts, and Académie Colarossi.^[2]

His work appeared in the 1902 exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.He moved to Pittsburgh.In 1921, he moved to New York City.

His work is in the Carnegie Museum of Art, Kresge Art Museum,^[3] the Westmoreland Museum of American Art,^[4] the Newark Museum, the Worcester Art Museum, the Heckscher Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania State University Art Gallery.^[2]

In 1993 he had a retrospective exhibition at the Westmoreland Museum.^[5]

His scrapbooks are microfilmed at the Archives of American Art.^[6]

External links

• https://archive.today/20130203103838/http://www.spanierman.com/Gorson,-Aaron-Harry/bio/thumbs/biography
• http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5477523
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120415050125/http://www.edenhurstgallery.com/painting.php?id=546
• https://web.archive.org/web/20111221005137/http://aradergalleries.com/detail.php?id=2591

Notes and References

1. Book: Annarella, Lorie A. . Portraits of Industry: The Culture of Work in the Industrial Paintings of Howard L. Worner and Their Use in Arts Education . 2004 . University Press of America . 978-0-7618-2958-4 . en.
2. Web site: Aaron Harry Gorson . ems.psu.edu . 2011-11-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403160749/http://www2009.ems.psu.edu/museum/Steidle/artists/Gorson.html . 3 April 2012 . dmy .
3. Web site: Aaron Harry Gorson (American, 1872–1933) . Kresge Art Museum of Michigan State University . 14 November 2011 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425162753/http://artmuseum.msu.edu/collections/recent/Gorson.htm . dead .
4. Web site: Industrial Scene, Pittsburgh, 1928 . Westmoreland Museum of American Art . 2011-11-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120421234145/http://www.wmuseumaa.org/collection/collection_view.cfm?ID=2 . 21 April 2012 . dmy .
5. Book: Gorson, Aaron Harry . Aaron Harry Gorson (1872-1933): The Legacy of Art and Steel ... . 2004 . Spanierman Gallery, LLC . 978-0-945936-64-0 . en.
6. Web site: Aaron Harry Gorson scrapbook, 1902-1953 . Smithsonian Institution . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415011259/http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!210418!0 . 15 April 2012.