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Rolph Scarlett (1889-1984)
Geometric Shapes
Gauche on Paper
14 ½" x 13”
22" x 21" framed
In this original artwork, the artist transforms circles, shapes, and lines within an idea of two- and three-dimensional space, balancing a sense of rhythm and precisely layered details with the geometric shapes in an edgy harmony. This painting is matted and framed with a clean black rail, and ready to hang. Without the frame, the gouache measures 13 x 14.5 inches
Geometric Composition
Goache on paper, framed
Signed SCARLETT lower right
Rolph Scarlett was born in 1889 in Canada and made his home in New York City by 1924. He died in Woodstock, New York, in 1984. He was a great explorer of twentieth-century abstract painting during his 75-year career. Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist of the eras in which he lived. Exposed to the work of Paul Klee through a chance meeting in Europe with the artist himself, Scarlett took up abstraction with a fervor that never diminished. He also became acquainted with the artist and curator Hilla Rebay, the first director of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, later renamed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1952: it has several Scarlett's in its collection. Scarlett became acquainted with the nonobjective works of Rudolf Bauer and Vasily Kandinsky and further refined his abstract style and avoided any reference to the outside world. He believed that nonobjective painting was an act, in his words, of “pure creation.”
- Creator:Rolph Scarlett (1891-1984, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Saratoga Springs, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU170216011452
Rolph Scarlett
Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Scarlett was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1889, he left Canada at the age of 18 to go to New York City and returned to Canada during the years of World War I. However, by 1924, Scarlett had established New York City as his home. While he was beginning his career as an abstract painter, he was designing stage scenery for George Bernard Shaw's play, Man and Superman and the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. In 1939, while creating the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (later the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Director Hilla Rebay began to take an interest in Scarlett's work. By 1940, he had become the new museum's chief lecturer. By 1953, the Guggenheim owned nearly 60 of his paintings and monoprints. Scarlett later became a resident of the Woodstock art colony for more than 25 years and showed his work in the Woodstock exhibits.
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