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Arthur B Carles

"Reclining Nude" Arthur B. Carles, Abstracted Nude, Early American Modernism
"Reclining Nude" Arthur B. Carles, Abstracted Nude, Early American Modernism

"Reclining Nude" Arthur B. Carles, Abstracted Nude, Early American Modernism

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in New York, NY

Mercedes Matter Reclining Nude, circa 1920 Signed "Mercedes Matter" on the overlap Oil on canvas 32 x 51 inches Known for his use of expressive and uninhibited color, Arthur B. Car...

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1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Synchromist Tree, Pastel

Synchromist Tree, Pastel

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Provenance The artist; Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018 Exhibitions Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and...

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20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Still Life with Irises
Still Life with Irises

Still Life with Irises

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Carles (2018), pp. 43-45, cat. 15. The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B.

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Early 20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape Abstraction

Landscape Abstraction

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Initialed lower left Framed dimensions: 16 x 18 7/8 inches Provenance The artist; Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018 Exhibitions Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsyl...

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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Still Life with Flowers, American Modern Oil on Canvas, 20th Century
Still Life with Flowers, American Modern Oil on Canvas, 20th Century

Still Life with Flowers, American Modern Oil on Canvas, 20th Century

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

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 M...

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Early 20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Abstraction"

"Abstraction"

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Arthur B. Carles (1882-1952) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arthur Carles was a painter whose work went through phases...

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1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Still Life with Fish"

"Still Life with Fish"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Estate Stamp on Verso Mercedes Matter, daughter of noted Philidelphia artist Arthur B Carles, wife of swiss born photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter, Mercedes was the f...

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20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Still Life"

"Still Life"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Mercedes Matter (1913 - 2001) Mercedes Matter, daughter of noted Philidelphia artist Arthur B Carles, wife of Swiss born p...

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20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man at a Bar, Figurative Watercolor Drawing, Antique, 9.125x5.75 in

Man at a Bar, Figurative Watercolor Drawing, Antique, 9.125x5.75 in

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Man at a Bar, Paris Pastel and charcoal on gray paper 9 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (23.2 x 14.9 cm) Framed dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 inches Unsigned Provenance The artist; Collection of Henry...

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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel

Nude
Nude

Arthur Beecher CarlesNude

$50,000Sale Price|20% Off

Nude

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Provenance The artist; Collection of Walter Stuempfig, Philadelphia; Private collection, Massachusetts until 2022 The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant coloris...

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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sea and Sky, Deer Isle"

"Sea and Sky, Deer Isle"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

She was born Mercedes Carles in New York. Her father was artist Arthur B.

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Arthur Meltzer “Winter Farm Landscape” Watercolor
Arthur Meltzer “Winter Farm Landscape” Watercolor

Arthur Meltzer “Winter Farm Landscape” Watercolor

Located in Dallas, TX

Pearson, Jr., Hugh Breckenridge, Robert Vennoh and Arthur B. Carles. He was awarded the prestigious William E.

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1950s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper

"Deer Isle, Maine"

"Deer Isle, Maine"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

She was born Mercedes Carles in New York. Her father was artist Arthur B.

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Flowers and Fruit"

"Flowers and Fruit"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

She was born Mercedes Carles in New York. Her father was artist Arthur B.

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20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Face
Modernist Face

Modernist Face

By Itzhak Sankowsky

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Sankowsky studied at the University of Florence, Italy; Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy; University of Pennsylvania; and with Arthur B. Carles. He had many one-man shows in P...

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1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Bejeweled Nocturne
Bejeweled Nocturne

Bejeweled Nocturne

By Arthur Meltzer

Located in New York, NY

Pearson, Jr., Hugh Breckenridge, Robert Vennoh and Arthur B. Carles. He was awarded the prestigious William E.

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20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait by American Modernist, Signed and Dated, 1925
Self Portrait by American Modernist, Signed and Dated, 1925

Self Portrait by American Modernist, Signed and Dated, 1925

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controversial teacher and modernist Arthur...

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1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tabletop Still Life, Modernist Still Life with Food, Flowers, and Wine
Tabletop Still Life, Modernist Still Life with Food, Flowers, and Wine

Tabletop Still Life, Modernist Still Life with Food, Flowers, and Wine

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controversial teacher and modernist Arthur...

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1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas
White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas

White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controversial teacher and modernist Arthur...

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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist
Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist

Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Provenance: Private Collection, New Hope, Pennsylvania Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, s...

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1920s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Green Landscape, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, circa 1926
Green Landscape, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, circa 1926

Green Landscape, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, circa 1926

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Provenance: Private Collection, New Hope, Pennsylvania Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, s...

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1920s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Bathers, Modernist Nudes, Oil on Canvas, Signed and Titled
Bathers, Modernist Nudes, Oil on Canvas, Signed and Titled

Bathers, Modernist Nudes, Oil on Canvas, Signed and Titled

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Provenance: Private collection, New Hope, Pennsylvania Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, s...

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20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled Female Nude with Male, Original Drawing by Surrealist Painter
Untitled Female Nude with Male, Original Drawing by Surrealist Painter

Untitled Female Nude with Male, Original Drawing by Surrealist Painter

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controversial teacher and modernist Arthur...

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1960s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"River Village"
"River Village"

"River Village"

Located in Lambertville, NJ

In addition to her education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Swengel Badura studied at the Barnes Foundation as well as with avant-garde modernist painter, Arthur B. Ca...

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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Lunar Encounter with Child, Surrealist Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 1958, Framed
Lunar Encounter with Child, Surrealist Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 1958, Framed

Lunar Encounter with Child, Surrealist Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 1958, Framed

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controversial teacher and modernist Arthur...

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1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"River Village"
"River Village"

"River Village"

Located in Lambertville, NJ

In addition to her education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Swengel Badura studied at the Barnes Foundation as well as with avant-garde modernist painter, Arthur B. Ca...

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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'New England Fisherman's Wharf, ' by Morris Blackburn, Watercolor Painting
'New England Fisherman's Wharf, ' by Morris Blackburn, Watercolor Painting

'New England Fisherman's Wharf, ' by Morris Blackburn, Watercolor Painting

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and with Arthur B. Carles, Jr. He won Cresson Traveling Scholarship to Europe in 1928 and 1929, and was the recipient of a G...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Bottles and Fruit"
"Bottles and Fruit"

"Bottles and Fruit"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Mercedes Matter (1913 - 2001) Born in New York in 1913 to famed Philadelphia Modernist, Arthur B. Carles, Mercedes Matter g...

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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Watercolor drawing of a Reclining Female Nude
Watercolor drawing of a Reclining Female Nude

Watercolor drawing of a Reclining Female Nude

By Adolphe Borie

Located in Philadelphia, PA

He, along with his contemporaries such as Arthur B. Carles (1882 1952) and Henry McCarter (1864 1942), was among the Philadelphia artists to rebel against the Academy traditions esta...

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Early 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Low Tide
Low Tide

Low Tide

Located in San Francisco, CA

He began his art studies art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Arthur B. Carles, Daniel Garber, and Henry McCarter.

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Norman Carton, abstract cityscape, unique oil painting hand signed twice, Framed
Norman Carton, abstract cityscape, unique oil painting hand signed twice, Framed

Norman Carton, abstract cityscape, unique oil painting hand signed twice, Framed

By Norman Carton

Located in New York, NY

His formal art education began at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and then, from 1930 until 1935, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Arthur B....

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernism
'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernism

'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernism

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

During his studies, he learned painting from Henry Bainbridge McCarter and drawing from Daniel Garber, along with Arthur B. Carles, who introduced him to contemporary modernist trends.

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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Phlox, ca. 1906
Phlox, ca. 1906

Phlox, ca. 1906

By Hugh Henry Breckenridge

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles, October 5-November 2, 2018. Distinguished as an influential art tea...

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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Dark House Etching by Earl Horter, American Modern, Signed, 1930s
Dark House Etching by Earl Horter, American Modern, Signed, 1930s

Dark House Etching by Earl Horter, American Modern, Signed, 1930s

By Earl Horter

Located in New Orleans, LA

Artists Horter collected include Europeans Picasso, Braque, Duchamp and Brancusi, and Americans Charles Sheeler and Arthur B. Carles. He was a friend of Carles, as well as other arti...

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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Sidney Janis, Conrad Janis, NYC
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Sidney Janis, Conrad Janis, NYC

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Sidney Janis, Conrad Janis, NYC

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

The work exhibits a wide array of artists who were successful in conveying the surrealist and abstract styles such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur B. Carles, Man Ray, Leon Kelly, Mark Ro...

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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Mother and Child, expressionist painting
Mother and Child, expressionist painting

Mother and Child, expressionist painting

By Victor Thall

Located in San Francisco, CA

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Studied with:Arthur B. Carles, Henry McCarter Ecole des Beaux Arts - Paris; Grande Chaumiere - Paris; Academie Julien, Paris Teaching: 1947 -1...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Couple Holding a Baby" Colorful expressionist painting
"Couple Holding a Baby" Colorful expressionist painting

"Couple Holding a Baby" Colorful expressionist painting

By Victor Thall

Located in San Francisco, CA

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Studied with:Arthur B. Carles, Henry McCarter Ecole des Beaux Arts - Paris; Grande Chaumiere - Paris; Academie Julien, Paris Teaching: 1947 -1...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Angele in the Studio, Paris
Angele in the Studio, Paris

Angele in the Studio, Paris

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Phoenixville, PA

Wolanin, Ph.D. Recorded: Arthur B. Carles, 1882-1952: Philadelphia Modernist, University of Madison, Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1981, p.500, "Nude Leaning", no. 17 of paintings owned or sol...

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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

The Red Shawl,
The Red Shawl,

Arthur Beecher CarlesThe Red Shawl,, n.d.

Unavailable

H 21.25 in W 18.25 in

The Red Shawl,

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Concord, MA

Oil on canvas 21 ¼ x 18 ¼ inches Unsigned Framed Arthur B. Carles was born in Pennsylvania, and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1900 and 1907.

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Early 20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rocks, Stonington, ME
Rocks, Stonington, ME

Mercedes MatterRocks, Stonington, ME, 1959

Unavailable

H 13.75 in W 10.75 in

Rocks, Stonington, ME

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lawrence, NY

She was the daughter of Mercedes de Cordoba, a former model for Edward Steichen and other members of the Photo-Secession, and Arthur B. Carles, an important early modernist American ...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Aesclepius in Foreground, Winter Landscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist
Aesclepius in Foreground, Winter Landscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist

Aesclepius in Foreground, Winter Landscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist

By Arthur Meltzer

Located in Doylestown, PA

He studied under Daniel Garber, Hugh Breckenridge, and Arthur B. Carles and was awarded the prestigious William E.

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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Monhegan Light
Monhegan Light

Monhegan Light

By Morris Atkinson Blackburn

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Born in Philadephia, Pennsylvania in 1902, painter, etcher, engraver, lithographer and serigrapher Morris Blackburn began his studies at the Graphic Sketch Club and Philadelphia Scho...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

MODERN HERAD
MODERN HERAD

Itzhak SankowskyMODERN HERAD, 1960

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H 17.5 in W 5 in D 6 in

MODERN HERAD

By Itzhak Sankowsky

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Sankowsky studied at the University of Florence, Italy; Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy; University of Pennsylvania; and with Arthur B. Carles. He had many one-man shows in P...

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1960s Cubist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Modernist Woman
Modernist Woman

Itzhak SankowskyModernist Woman, 1940

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H 26.5 in W 6 in D 6 in

Modernist Woman

By Itzhak Sankowsky

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Sankowsky studied at the University of Florence, Italy; Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy; University of Pennsylvania; and with Arthur B. Carles. He had many one-man shows in P...

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1940s Cubist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Harlem River, New York City, " Early American Modernist Urban Landscape
"Harlem River, New York City, " Early American Modernist Urban Landscape

"Harlem River, New York City, " Early American Modernist Urban Landscape

By Oscar Bluemner

Located in New York, NY

Stieglitz also represented the likes of Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, John Marin, Paul Strand, Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Maurer, and Arthur B.

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1910s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Color Pencil

Modernist Abstract Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 1923, Signed and Dated, Framed
Modernist Abstract Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 1923, Signed and Dated, Framed

Modernist Abstract Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 1923, Signed and Dated, Framed

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Provenance: Estate of the Artist Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controve...

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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Modernist Still Life, Oil on Board, Monogrammed, Abstract Art
Modernist Still Life, Oil on Board, Monogrammed, Abstract Art

Modernist Still Life, Oil on Board, Monogrammed, Abstract Art

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Provenance: Estate of the Artist Leonard Nelson Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying...

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Early 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Waterfall, American Impressionist Landscape, Springtime, Oil on Board, Framed
Waterfall, American Impressionist Landscape, Springtime, Oil on Board, Framed

Waterfall, American Impressionist Landscape, Springtime, Oil on Board, Framed

By John Pierce Barnes

Located in Doylestown, PA

John Pierce Barnes studied with Daniel Garber, and also Henry Hugh Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles at the PAFA. He was awarded Cresson Travel Scholarships in 1923 and 1924.

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fruit and Paring Knife, Modernist Still Life, Oil on Canvas, 1923, Framed
Fruit and Paring Knife, Modernist Still Life, Oil on Canvas, 1923, Framed

Fruit and Paring Knife, Modernist Still Life, Oil on Canvas, 1923, Framed

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Nelson Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under cont...

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1920s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tenderness of Maternity, Large Canvas Surrealist Portrait of a Couple, 1968
Tenderness of Maternity, Large Canvas Surrealist Portrait of a Couple, 1968

Tenderness of Maternity, Large Canvas Surrealist Portrait of a Couple, 1968

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controversial teacher and modernist Arthur...

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1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Delaware River Landscape (Philadelphia Modernist)
Delaware River Landscape (Philadelphia Modernist)

Delaware River Landscape (Philadelphia Modernist)

By Earl Horter

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Artists Horter collected include Europeans Picasso, Braque, Duchamp and Brancusi, and Americans Charles Sheeler and Arthur B. Carles. He was a friend of Carles, as well as other arti...

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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Table Top Flowers"

Mercedes Matter"Table Top Flowers"

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H 40 in W 34 in D 2 in

"Table Top Flowers"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Her father, the American modernist Arthur B. Carles, had studied with Matisse. Her mother, Mercedes de Cordoba, was a model for Edward Steichen.

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mercedes Matter, New York School Abstract Figures
Mercedes Matter, New York School Abstract Figures

Mercedes Matter, New York School Abstract Figures

By Mercedes Matter

Located in New York, NY

Her father, the American modernist Arthur B. Carles, had studied with Matisse. Her mother, Mercedes de Cordoba, was a model for Edward Steichen.

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1930s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Oil Pastel

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Sidney Janis, Conrad Janis, NYC
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Sidney Janis, Conrad Janis, NYC

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Sidney Janis, Conrad Janis, NYC

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

The work exhibits a wide array of artists who were successful in conveying the surrealist and abstract styles such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur B. Carles, Man Ray, Leon Kelly, Mark Ro...

Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

AU CAFE PARISIAN

AU CAFE PARISIAN

By Victor Thall

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Studied with:Arthur B. Carles, Henry McCarter Ecole des Beaux Arts - Paris; Grande Chaumiere - Paris; Academie Julien, Paris Teaching: 1947...

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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Fortune Teller, " Leon Kelly, American Surrealism, Woman with Playing Cards
"The Fortune Teller, " Leon Kelly, American Surrealism, Woman with Playing Cards

"The Fortune Teller, " Leon Kelly, American Surrealism, Woman with Playing Cards

By Leon Kelly

Located in New York, NY

Kelly enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1922 where he flourished under the guidance of Arthur B. Carles. Kelly’s artistic talents were apparent and according ...

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1920s American Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Nude Study from Life" c 1936
"Nude Study from Life" c 1936

"Nude Study from Life" c 1936

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Mercedes Matter, daughter of noted Philidelphia artist Arthur B Carles, wife of swiss born photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter, Mercedes was the founder of New York Stud...

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20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Isle de Marine (Sailor's Island)
Isle de Marine (Sailor's Island)

Isle de Marine (Sailor's Island)

By Morris Atkinson Blackburn

Located in Plano, TX

Blackburn attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1925-1929, taking sketching classes with Arthur B. Carles, one of the country’s leading proponents of modernism.

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

River Rd, Eliot Maine
River Rd, Eliot Maine

River Rd, Eliot Maine

Located in North Clarendon, VT

She married the American modernist painter Arthur B. Carles in 1909. She was the mother of the American abstract painter and New York Studio School founder, Mercedes Matter.

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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"(Forest Landscape) Deer Isle, Maine"

"(Forest Landscape) Deer Isle, Maine"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

She was born Mercedes Carles in New York. Her father was artist Arthur B.

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tamar

Tamar

By Itzhak Sankowsky

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Sankowsky studied at the University of Florence, Italy; Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy; University of Pennsylvania; and with Arthur B. Carles. He had many one-man shows in ...

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1960s Cubist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Still Life in Orange and Green"

"Still Life in Orange and Green"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

She was born Mercedes Carles in New York. Her father was artist Arthur B.

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Emily & Pookie (portrait of woman and cat)
Emily & Pookie (portrait of woman and cat)

Emily & Pookie (portrait of woman and cat)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Arthur B. Carles and in France with Andre Lhote.

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Mosquito on Orange Mountain, Surrealist Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 1943, Framed
Mosquito on Orange Mountain, Surrealist Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 1943, Framed

Mosquito on Orange Mountain, Surrealist Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 1943, Framed

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controversial teacher and modernist Arthur...

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1940s Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Group of Nudes, Cubist Style Figurative Drawing, Ink on Paper, Signed
Group of Nudes, Cubist Style Figurative Drawing, Ink on Paper, Signed

Group of Nudes, Cubist Style Figurative Drawing, Ink on Paper, Signed

By Leon Kelly

Located in Doylestown, PA

Leon Kelly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901 - 1982) was a student and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under controversial teacher and modernist Arthur...

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Bucks County Barn, Pennsylvania Impressionist Regional Landscape, Oil on Canvas
Bucks County Barn, Pennsylvania Impressionist Regional Landscape, Oil on Canvas

Bucks County Barn, Pennsylvania Impressionist Regional Landscape, Oil on Canvas

By John Pierce Barnes

Located in Doylestown, PA

John Pierce Barnes studied with Daniel Garber, and also Henry Hugh Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles at the PAFA. He was awarded Cresson Travel Scholarships in 1923 and 1924.

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paint

Japanese Garden
Japanese Garden

Henry McCarterJapanese Garden

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H 58.5 in W 43 in

Japanese Garden

By Henry McCarter

Located in Long Island City, NY

Among his most famous students were Charles Demuth, known for his Precisionist artwork that blew open the boundaries of conventional art forms, and Arthur B. Carles, whose sumptuous ...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Female Nude"

"Female Nude"

By Mercedes Matter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Her father, the American modernist Arthur B. Carles, had studied with Matisse. Her mother, Mercedes de Cordoba, was a model for Edward Steichen.

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1930s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Arthur Meltzer, Winter Street Scene, Watercolor on Paper, Signed
Arthur Meltzer, Winter Street Scene, Watercolor on Paper, Signed

Arthur Meltzer, Winter Street Scene, Watercolor on Paper, Signed

By Arthur Meltzer

Located in Doylestown, PA

Pearson, Jr., Hugh Breckenridge, Robert Vennoh and Arthur B. Carles. He was awarded the prestigious William E.

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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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Located in Chatsworth, CA

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Located in New York, NY

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Other

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