Jack Savitsky
(1910-1991) Lansford, PA
Jack Savitsky worked as a coal-miner in Pennsylvania for 40 years. Though he had discovered art-making as a child, it wasn’t until he contracted “black lung” in his 50s and was unable to find work that he devoted his life to painting. In his very distinctive style, he created scenes from the world he knew, as well as from Biblical tropes such as the story of Adam and Eve. He worked with oils on board, but also used graphite and pastels on paper and cut-out panels of small cardboard boxes originally used for packaging cereal or crackers. His work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and others.
"Peaceable Kingdom"
n.d.
8" x 10"(image)
oil on board
$350