Looking Down

Downtown Pittsburgh Skyscrapers from Mount Washington, 1996 by Aaronel de Roy Gruber, Collection of the Artist.

A Pittsburgh artist who created paintings, sculpture and photos. Her work can be found in many museum collections. Many of her panoramic shots were also hand tinted.

Capturing Beauty

Lotus Lilies by Charles C. Curran, 1888, Terra Foundation for American Art

There is an exhibition of the work of Sandusky, OH artist Charles Courtney Curran at The Frick Art and Historical Center in Pittsburgh, now through February 1, 2015. He studied in Paris and split his time between New York and North Central Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie. The exhibition is titled Charles Courtney Curran: Seeking the Ideal and his definitely captures an idealized and beautiful life full of lovely settings and people, but don't we all like a look into an ideal world once in a while?

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2014/11/01/Flowering-beauties/stories/201411010008

Shout-out to Modernism

Solar Do-(It-Yourself) Nothing Toy. After Charles Eames by Edgar Olaineta, 2012, 

from the Factory Direct: Pittsburgh exhibition Warhol Museum.

The Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh is hosting an exhibition of contemporary art called Factory Direct: Pittsburgh, now through September 9, 2012.