Aaron Henry Gorson
A Lithuanian immigrant who lived in Pittsburgh, Harry Gorson (1872 to 1933) attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Julian Academy in Paris. Rather than painting the countryside, as many of his contemporaries did, Gorson was fascinated by Pittsburgh’s riverside industrial landscape. Steel mills, bridges and light juxtaposed on waterways were his focus.
In 1921 Gorson moved to New York City, but western Pennsylvania’s mill scenes continued to recur in his body of work.