Object Details
- Artist
- Jack Savitsky, born Silver Creek, PA 1910-died Coaldale, PA 1991
- Luce Center Label
- Jack Savitsky’s Train in Coal Town depicts a coal-fired passenger train traveling between Pottsville and Silver Creek, two well-known coal towns in Pennsylvania. Behind the smoky plume of the locomotive stand a blue-gray coal breaker and eight mill houses---the very houses that make up the painting's border. Savitsky conveys the sameness and unending work of the company town through his use of repetitive patterning and decorative elements. However, the lively colors and cheerful rural setting also reflect an energetic spirit within the miner community.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- 1968
- Object number
- 1986.65.137
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Folk Art
- Medium
- oil on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 31 1/4 x 47 3/4 in. (79.4 x 121.3 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 22A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture\industry\mine
- Architecture\vehicle\train
- Landscape\town
- Landscape\Pennsylvania\Silver Creek
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.137
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ffeff99d-2a61-4838-b8fc-d6de4a07f261
