Selected Events 2008
“Born of Fire - Pittsburgh and Saxony in Works of Art” in Chemnitz
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Aaron Harry Gorson, Industrial Scene, |
September 5, 2008. The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in cooperation with the Industrial Museum of Saxony, Chemnitz, celebrated the opening of a joint exhibition of paintings by German and American artists who chronicled in painting and photography the age of industry in Pittsburg and in Chemnitz. The two cities’ iron and steel production, foundries, mills and manufacturing plants played a key role in the industrial history of Germany and America. James Seward, Consul for Public Affairs, thanked the American representatives of the Westmoreland Museum and the Industrial Museum’s director and staff for creating such a powerful exhibition in a perfect location – the museum itself was formerly a cast-iron foundry. Seward noted the remarkable parallels in the industrial history of the cities and remarked how each city had successfully coped with shock of the shut down of traditional mills and plants.
