Samuel Rosenberg - Portrait of a Painter by Jones, Barbara L - 2003

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Editon. Quarto, red cloth covered boards. 174 pp. With a biographical and analytical text by Barbara L. Jones describing the artist's life, artistic experiences and vision. A very fine copy. MINT IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS SHRINKWRAP..

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 8x0x10. Samuel Rosenberg started his career by painting portraits. He painted a Self-Portrait in 1919, which showed he was a confident young artist and his use of light in his paintings. In 1920 he had his first exhibition the Carnegie International. During 1930s, Rosenberg's paintings were portraying the happiness and difficulties of life of the black and Jewish neighborhoods in the Hill District. He also painted scenes of the city, which was inspired by Pittsburgh's big hills, dirty air, uneven houses built on the hills, and the gloomy tones around him. His painting, Eviction, of 1935, shows the impact how the Depression affected residents of the Hill District. He liked being part of the Pittsburgh community, and he used many of his paintings to show how Pittsburgh looked like before redevelopment. After World War II started, Rosenberg started to paint allegorical scenes, where he used Jewish signs. In his paintings, the… Read More

Pittsburgh: University Of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by the author on title page. 2003, First printing, 174 pp. Hardcover, 4to., red cloth. Profusely illustrated. Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Book is like New. DJ shows minor signs of handling.

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art, 2003. hardcover. very good/very good. Samuel Rosenberg. Illustrated in b/w and color throughout. 174 pages. 4to, red cloth, d.w. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art, (2003). A very good copy, shelfworn with minor bumping to rear panel and corners; in a lightly scuffed vg wrapper.<br/> <br/>

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh in Cooperation with Carnegie Museum of Art, 2003. x, 174p., b/w port., 82 colored plates, 49 b/w illus.s, quarto format, dj.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Quarto, cloth in dust jacket, with typed letter signed by Richard Armstrong (who wrote the foreword) loosely inserted, clean unmarked text, illustrated (much in color), near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2003. Hardcover. New. 248 pages. 10.50x8.50x1.00 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003-07-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!