Eric J. Schruers (Author)
Coal Breaker, a small impressionistic view of an unidentified coal breaker painted around 1910, marks the beginning of an unprecedented undertaking by an American artist. Although the style and muted tonality of the work harkens back to the artistic traditions of the mid- to late-nineteenth century, the body of work that it is a part of represents one of the first times an artist would draw on industrial subject matter for an extensive series of paintings. It was painted by the Scranton, Pennsylvania, realist artist John Willard Raught (1857-1931), who remains today little known, overlooked in favor of his more progressive contemporaries. However, the series of images he produced over the span of a quarter century and that was inspired by the nearby coal mines remain fascinating artifacts of America's industrial history. What prompted Raught to turn his attention to industrial subjects and the connections he had with other artists and writers he came into contact with is the subject of this inquiry.
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