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Rolph Scarlett Figurative 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 (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 Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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 Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Cardboard, Gouache

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 Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

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 Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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 Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Cardboard

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