THE ORCHESTRATION OF COLOR

The Paintings of Arthur B. Carles

February 10 – March 18, 2000

Arthur B. Carles, Jr. (1882-1952)
Composition No. 1, 1937-1939
Oil on Canvas, 33 x 39 inches
Collection of Gerry Lenfest

Arthur B. Carles, Jr. (1882-1952)
Still Life with Blue Glass Bottle, circa 1913
Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 24 1/8 inches
NFS

Arthur B. Carles, Jr. (1882-1952)
Silence, circa 1908
Oil on canvas, 25 x 24 inches
Private collection

Arthur B. Carles, Jr. (1882-1952)
Reclining Nude (White Nude), circa 1910
Oil on Canvas, 32 1/2 x 39 1/2 icnhes
Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Arthur B. Carles, Jr. (1882-1952)
Blue Nude, 1937
Oil on Canvas, 30 x 37 inches
Private Collection

Arthur B. Carles, Jr. (1882-1952)
Abstraction, 1935-40
Oil on canvas, 38 1/2 x 51 inches
NFS

Press Release

This exhibition is the first important large-scale showing in New York of Arthur B. Carles’ work since the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ 1983 retrospective, also curated by Barbara Wolanin, was shown at the National Academy of Design in 1984.