The Pie Wagon
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
105.8 × 153 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Carl Gaertner
Accession Number
1953.371
Tags
Cleveland SchoolCleveland Institute of Art (faculty)May ShowCleveland Institute of Art (alumni)male
About this artwork
One of the most widely exhibited artists working in Cleveland, Gaertner specialized in painting the city and its environs. His favored subjects include scenes of Cleveland’s industrial heyday, including The Pie Wagon. In this painting, the artist focused attention on the laborers who spend their lunch break milling around a horse-drawn bakery wagon in the shadows of the hulking factories.