The General Slocum Disaster
Perhaps the only thing that shocks me as much as the utter disaster which was the Steamboat General Slocum's June 15, 1904 excursion, is that it so quickly slipped into obscurity. There are 22 paintings in the series that were based on black and white photos taken in 1904, with the exception of the monument which I was able to view in person.
Photo by Harry Fisher
See the Morning Call feature article on one of the two solo exhibitions I did of this work.
2024 update; -Natalie Zett, author of The Flower in the River, calls my paintings of the General Slocum "Incredible-haunting, memorable" in her podcast tinyurl.com/44sspm3u
Printed Catalogs with color reproductions of all the paintings and text by me available for $10 plus shipping. Contact
See the Morning Call feature article on one of the two solo exhibitions I did of this work.
2024 update; -Natalie Zett, author of The Flower in the River, calls my paintings of the General Slocum "Incredible-haunting, memorable" in her podcast tinyurl.com/44sspm3u
Printed Catalogs with color reproductions of all the paintings and text by me available for $10 plus shipping. Contact
More on the General Slocum Disaster
Edward T. O'Donnell, Ship Ablaze; The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum https://www.amazon.com/Ship-Ablaze-Tragedy-Steamboat-General/dp/0767909062/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
New York Public Library Page -www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/13/great-slocum-disaster-june-15-1904
New York Public Library Page -www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/13/great-slocum-disaster-june-15-1904