The references here list some of the important books or catalogues for Western Pennsylvania art. Andy Warhol and Mary Cassatt are not included because the fame of both does not linger within their hometown and numerous books and articles can be found about them with a single click from google.

General information

1. Gerdts, William H. Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting in America,1710-1920. (Vol. 1, pp.262-301 is on the art of Western Pennsylvania.)

2. Mc Collough, Jean. Art in Nineteenth Century Pittsburgh.

3. Chew, Paul A. Geo. Hetzel and the Scalp Level Tradition: George Hetzel Retrospective and the Scalp Level Artists Exhibition.

Artists

David Gilmore Blythe
1. Works by David Blythe, 1815-1865.
2. Chambers, Bruce W. The World of David Gilmour Blythe (1815-1865)
3. Dwyer, Britta Christina. A New Iconography of Blythe’s Paintings: The Interaction of Blythe and His Patron, Charles William Batchelor.
4. Miller, Dorothy. The Life and Work of David G. Blythe

Aaron Gorson
1. Youngner, Rina, The Artist Looks at Industrial Pittsburgh, 1836-1993.
2. Youngner, Rina, C. Paintings and Graphic Images of Industry in Nineteenth-Century Pittsburgh:A Study of the Relationship between Art and Industry. Ph. D. dissertation
3. Youngner, Rina, The Power and the Glory: Pittsburgh Industrial Landscapes by Aaron HarryGorson.

John Kane
1. Arkus, Leon Anthony. John Kane, Painter.
2. John Kane: Modern America’s First Folk Painter.
3. Kane, John. Shy Hooks; The Autobiography of John Kane.

Other Artists in Pittsburgh and Western Pensylvania
1. An Exhibition of the Work of Joseph R. Woodwell (Exhibition Catalogue)
2. Nama, Sigrid. Martin B. Leisser and the Life Class in Pittsburgh.
3. Olds, Marion Knowles. John Wesley Beatty: Artist and Cultural Influence in Pittsburgh.
4. Russell Smith (1812-1896, Xanthus Smith (1839-1929): Pennsylvania Landscapes, 1834-1892.