Rolph Scarlett Paintings
American, 1889-1984
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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Artist: Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, ca. 1950
Gouache on paper painting
Hand signed on lower right front
This is a stunning original, signed vintage 1950...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Mixed Media, Pencil
Rolph Scarlett - Signed Abstract Expressionist painting on paper mid century mod
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting, ca. 1960
Gouache, Ink, Watercolor on Paper . Hand signed, with original Jonas Aarons Gallery label
23 × 18 3/4 inches
Signed ...
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1960s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Orange Face"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1945
Signed lower left
Sight size 12 x 10.5 in
Overall size in newly matted one inch wide black frame 25.5 x 21.5 in
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1940s Modern Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Geometric Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
The composition is a tightly organized geometric abstraction on a deep blue ground. A large, centrally placed triangular form asserts the vertical axis and is an...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled (original framed watercolor on paper)
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Initialed lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 7.75 x 8.75 inches. Frame size 17.5 x 21.5 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certifi...
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1940s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
$2,100 Sale Price
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Untitled Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The piece is in perfect condition. Unframed it measures 13.75 high by 16 wide. It is signed "Scarlett" lower right.
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Gouache
Geometric Shapes
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
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 ide...
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled (original framed painting on cardboard)
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache and watercolor on cardboard. Hand signed lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 4.12 x 6.37 inches. Frame size 14.12 x 16.37 inches.
Artwork is in excellen...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard, Gouache
$2,100 Sale Price
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The Dance
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rolph Scarlett painted and exhibited nationally over a multi decade career. Paintings by Rolph Scarlett were exhibited at the Museum of Art, at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, and the University of Guelph. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum owns over sixty of Scarlett's oils, watercolors, and drawings.
The Dance, is a mixed media gouache on paper, signed, c.1950. A bright, modernist depiction of musicians and dancers...
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1950s Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Mixed Media
"Geometric Design"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left.
Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984)
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and art...
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20th Century Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
“Abstract Figures, 1954”
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Southampton, NY
Original mixed media painting composed of acrylic paint, watercolor with traces of aerosol spray paint on vinyl by the Canadian/American artist, Rolph Scarlett. Signed by the artist lower right and dated 1954. Condition is very good.
The artwork is housed in a contemporary matt black frame 25.5 by 21.5 inches overall. Provenance: Eric Firestone...
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1950s American Modern Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
"Abstraction I, " Rolph Scarlett, gouache, modernism, American art, ca 1940-50
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Geometric Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left.
About the artist:
Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Guelph, Ontario,...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rolph Scarlett Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1945
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper
by noted artist Rolph Scarlett - Signed and dated lower right.
Archivally matted, unframed. Image size: 11" H x 15" W.
In excel...
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1940s Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Paper
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right and a double sided painting.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$35,000
Abstract and Drip
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
Description
An example of Scarlett’s abstract drip painting, this untitled work has linear and geometric elements rendered in shades of black, rose, and blue and...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Summit, NJ
Gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The piece is signed "Scarlett" on the front in two places. The piece is in perfect condition. Unframed it measures 10.75 x 13.5.
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,400 Sale Price
43% Off
Untitled (original framed watercolor on paper)
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed and dated lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Frame size 17.5 x 21.5 inches.
Artwork is in excellent conditio...
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1940s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$2,100 Sale Price
25% Off
Geometric Composition
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984)
“Geometric Composition”
Signed lower right, circa late 1930’s early 1940’s
19 ½ x 26 inches
Mixed media, Price on request
About
Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric and linear forms, an industrial designer, and a pioneer in helping establish non-objective art as an aesthetic in America. He also worked in an abstract art style during the American avant-garde movement which extended into the 1940s. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada and travelled to New York City as an 18-year-old. By 1924 he made New York City his home.
In 1939, Scarlett was one of the founding members and forces which steered the development of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting in New York. (later, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum). Guggenheim was the sponsor behind the Avant Garde and pioneering, philosophy of Baroness Hilla Rebay who founded the early museum. She was both the founding curator and director of the museum, as well as an abstract artist. She encouraged and worked with Scarlett in the early museum years, together promoting the concepts of non-objective painting. In Scarlett’s aesthetic these where geometric elements intuitively placed in non-descript flat and three-dimensional space.
Any discussion of the history of the Guggenheim Museum must include four key figures: Hilla Rebay (1890-1967), Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), and Rolf Scarlett...
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1930s Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
"Abstraction, " Rolph Scarlett, ca 1947, abstract expressionism, gouache
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left.
This is a large example of a non-objective painting by Rolph Scarlett. Scarlett was a painter of geometric forms and shapes. His intuitive style helped establish ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$50,000
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984)
“Abstract”
Signed and dated 1947, lower right
Gouache on paper
Provenance: Private collection, Miami Florida
About
Rolph Scarlett w...
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1940s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and artistic philosophy is closely linked with the early history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
$5,000
Untitled (original framed watercolor on cardboard)
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on cardboard. Initialed lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 7 x 11 inches. Frame size 17.5 x 21.5 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certific...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
$2,100 Sale Price
25% Off
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