"Venice"
Type:Painting
Size:8.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Arthur Beecher Carles Jr ART FOR SALE
1882 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1952 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Abstraction and figure painting, flower studies.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arthur Carles was a painter whose work went through phases of Realism, Impressionism, Fauvism and Abstract Expressionism, and of the latter style, he was one of... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arthur Carles was a painter whose work went through phases of Realism, Impressionism, Fauvism and Abstract Expressionism, and of the latter style, he was one of the first American proponents. It has been expressed that his facile, technical skills led to his... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arthur Carles was a painter whose work went through phases of Realism, Impressionism, Fauvism and Abstract Expressionism, and of the latter style, he was one of the first American proponents. It has been expressed that his facile, technical skills led to his inability to settle on a style, which worked against him because he was not known for any specific type of work. He spent most of his life in Philadelphia where he studied, taught and exhibited at the... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arthur Carles was a painter whose work went through phases of Realism, Impressionism, Fauvism and Abstract Expressionism, and of the latter style, he was one of the first American proponents. It has been expressed that his facile, technical skills led to his inability to settle on a style, which worked against him because he was not known for any specific type of work. He spent most of his life in Philadelphia where he studied, taught and exhibited at the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts. At the Pennsylvania Academy, he was early influenced by the bravura technique of William Merritt Chase as well as by early works of Edouard Manet. At the same time, he also painted in a precise realist manner. In... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arthur Carles was a painter whose work went through phases of Realism, Impressionism, Fauvism and Abstract Expressionism, and of the latter style, he was one of the first American proponents. It has been expressed that his facile, technical skills led to his inability to settle on a style, which worked against him because he was not known for any specific type of work. He spent most of his life in Philadelphia where he studied, taught and exhibited at the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts. At the Pennsylvania Academy, he was early influenced by the bravura technique of William Merritt Chase as well as by early works of Edouard Manet. At the same time, he also painted in a precise realist manner. In 1907, he went to Paris to study and developed an interest in Post-Impressionism and Fauvism and fell under the influen... Read full biography
Arthur Beecher Carles Jr - Art for Sale (3 available)
"Abstraction"
Type:Painting
Year:1935
Size:29.50" x 36.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unavailable
"Angele in the Studio, Paris"
Type:Painting
Year:1920-30
Size:26.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Provenance available Authenticated by Barbara A. Wolanin, Ph.D. Recorded: Arthur B. Carles, 1882-1952: Philadelphia Modernist, Univ. of Madison, Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1981, p. 500, Nude Leaning, no. 17