View from the Side Boxes (Opera), by Morton Schamberg, c.1910-11.


Patrons sit in the side box of the opera in this colorful pastel on board.
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View from the Side Boxes (Opera),by Morton Schamberg. Born in Philadelphia in 1882, Schamberg was a painter, architect, photographer, and a sculptor. His studies consisted of training at the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Courtesy of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, purchased with funds from the Joseph E. Temple Fund, Mrs. Robert P. Levy, Mrs. Kenneth W. Gemmill, Frank and Betsy Goodyear.