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The Furnace

1924

Carl Gaertner

(American, 1898–1952)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 110.5 x 110.8 cm (43 1/2 x 43 5/8 in.); Unframed: 88.9 x 104.8 cm (35 x 41 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Huntington National Bank 2013.66
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Did You Know?

Blast furnaces convert iron ores to molten metallic iron, an essential step in the making of steel.

Description

One of the most widely exhibited artists working in Cleveland during the second quarter of the 1900s, Gaertner specialized in painting the city and its environs. Among his favored subjects were scenes of Cleveland’s manufacturing heyday, including The Furnace, a composition praised at the time by a curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art for capturing "admirably the sense of drama and power of industrial achievement."
A horizontally oriented oil painting with thick brushstrokes depicts a massive, dark furnace looming over a snowy town. To our left, a figure in a dark coat crosses a brick bridge. Small yellow and pink houses cluster around the central structure. Reddish-brown smoke drifts into a mottled blue sky on the right. A dense urban skyline sits on the horizon, while bright white snow covers the roofs and ground below.

The Furnace

1924

Carl Gaertner

(American, 1898–1952)
America

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