The Review loans paintings to Museum of Ceramics
Works of Hans Hacker graced the walls of the newspaper building
Intersection of Second Street and Broadway. It shows railroad tracks, buildings, and the train station.
An image of the F. P. Faulk and Sons Feed and Grocery store. It shows railroad sidings and rail cars in front of the building, and a four-story building in the background with Smith & Philips painted along the top.
Intersection of Second Street and Broadway. It shows railroad tracks, buildings, and the train station.
An image of the F. P. Faulk and Sons Feed and Grocery store. It shows railroad sidings and rail cars in front of the building, and a four-story building in the background with Smith & Philips painted along the top.
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The Review has negotiated a loan of three Hans Hacker paintings to the Museum of Ceramics. The paintings are now exhibited for the public to view.
Tammie McIntosh, Publisher of The Review, commented that it is fitting that the paintings are now housed at the Museum. "It is most likely that these paintings were purchased for The Review offices by William Henry Vodrey III," she said. "Since the Museum of Ceramics was established through William's efforts, it seems appropriate that the paintings have found a home there."
Vodrey, along with Louis Brush and Roy Moore, was an owner of Brush-Moore Newspapers, a group that owned The Review and other newspapers until 1967. Vodrey was a devoted fan of the art of Hans Hacker and is assumed to be the one who selected the paintings to grace the large walls of The Review building.
All the paintings are oil on canvas, signed, and framed by Hans Hacker. One features the Chester Bridge. The view is from the West Virginia side looking toward East Liverpool. The piers of the bridge frame the town of East Liverpool in the painting. It is dated 1966, just three years before the bridge was closed.
Built by the Penn Bridge Company, the bridge opened on New Year's Eve 1897. After the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, all the bridges on the Ohio River were scrutinized for defects and wear. When it was discovered that corrosion had eaten into the cables in the anchorage on the Ohio side, the bridge was closed. Its replacement, the Jennings Randolph Bridge, opened in 1977.
Another painting, dated 1967, depicts the F. P. Faulk and Sons Feed and Grocery store. It shows railroad sidings and rail cars in front of the building, and a four-story building in the background with Smith & Philips painted along the top. This one is sure to look familiar to viewers because it is now the site of Milligan's Hardware. The building was erected in 1906. The Faulk Company moved in 1917 and then purchased the building in 1937. Milligan Hardware and Supply Co, then listed as the oldest firm in East Liverpool, purchased it in 1943.
The third painting is of the intersection of Second Street and Broadway. It shows railroad tracks, buildings, and the train station. More research is needed to label all the buildings in the painting. It is dated 1967.
The paintings have been added to the collection of paintings displayed on the first floor of the Museum. The Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, April through December. Call 330-386-6001 for additional information.