The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

The St. Clair Fire

1944

Carl Gaertner

(American, 1898–1952)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
oil on canvas
Unframed: 71.1 x 121.9 cm (28 x 48 in.)
Gift of H. Fred Gaertner, in memory of Nellie Gaertner 1948.460
© Carl Gaertner
Location: Not on view
  • Carl Gaertner Entry Card to 1946 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 560 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 195 archive.org
    Waldman, Lawrence, and Henry Adams. Strange and Lonely Spaces: Magic Realism in Cleveland 1930 - 1960. 2021. Reproduced: p. 62, fig. 38.
  • May Show Retrospective - 50 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 23-June 16, 1968).
    Exhibition of Ohio Painters. The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (organizer) (April 4-30, 1967).
    The Homage Show. Cleveland Society of Artists, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 9-November 9, 1962).
    American Realists. Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada (organizer) (March 11-April 23, 1961).
    Work of Cleveland Artists for the 41st Annual Meeting of the College Art Association. The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-31, 1953).
    The May Show: 28th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 13-June 9, 1946).
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