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Arthur Beecher CarlesStill Life with Flowers
$29,000
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About the Item
Arthur B. Carles
(1882-1952)
Still Life with Flowers
Oil on canvas, 21 1/8 x 16 inches (53.7 x 40.6 cm)
Framed dimensions: 28 x 22 7/8 inches
Signed lower right: CARLES
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Valentine;
Estate of above;
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, June 13, 2001, lot 206, from above;
John Davis collection, Falls Church, Virginia;
Sale, Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, October 22, 2022;
Private collection, New York, New York
The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant colorist and an extraordinarily innovative painter. Though Carles trained initially at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, soaking up the more conservative teaching of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip there in 1905. In 1907, Carles won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which enabled him to return to Paris for several more years. This experience had a profound impact on Carles as an artist; he was extremely affected by modern French painting, especially the work of Cezanne and Matisse, and by the time Carles returned home to Philadelphia in 1912, he was a confirmed modernist.
Of all the subjects which Carles explored throughout his career, still life painting provided him with the best outlet for his experimentations with pure color and form, and ultimately, it facilitated his leap into total abstraction during the 1930s. Carles had a deep affinity for still life, especially floral still lifes, and he helped to revive interest in this subject in Philadelphia and beyond, preceding other modernists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, who also began to concentrate on flower forms around this time. For Carles, this subject seemed to capture a sense of delight in the beauty and “livingness” of things, and it was an ongoing source of inspiration for him throughout his life.
- Creator:Arthur Beecher Carles (1882-1952, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 21.13 in (53.68 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
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- Condition:Excellent condition. The canvas is unlined. When viewed under UV light, there are a few minor areas of scattered inpaint throughout the canvas.
- Gallery Location:Bryn Mawr, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2773216436802
Arthur Beecher Carles
Philadelphia Modernist Arthur Beecher Carles was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where he also taught and travelled to Paris on the prestigious Cresson Scholarship in 1907. Greatly influenced by French Fauvism and Post-Impressionism, Arthur B. Carles met and became friends with Matisse and others living in Paris. His work is in major museums including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Carles' main subjects were nudes and still lifes. His nudes, painted between 1920-30, were heavily influenced by his trips to Paris; his model and muse in many of these paintings was Angele, a red-headed French girl who was persuaded by Carles' daughter, Mercedes to model for her father. Whether painting a still life or figure, Carles used the surface to apply abstract forms of color, defining his new "Modern" approach.
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