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Rolph Scarlett Biography
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1889 |
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Born in Guelph, Canada
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1900 |
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Won Guelph Public School certificate of merit in drawing, Guelph, Canada
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1901 |
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Began art lessons, Loretto Academy, Guelph, Canada
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1924 |
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Moved to New York, NY
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1907 - 1936 |
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Theater Designer, Hollywood, CA
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1938 |
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Recipient, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
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1940 |
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Chief Lecturer, Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
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1955 |
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Moved to the artist's colony in Woodstock, NY
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1952 - 1958 |
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Taught painting at the Edgewater artist's colony, Edgewater, FL
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1965 |
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Became an American citizen
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1984 |
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Died in Kingston, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Rolph Scarlett (1889-1984): A Canadian-American Abstractionist, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Alan Davie (1920 - ) Mystic Visions, Rolph Scarlett (1889-1984) Abstract Interludes, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
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2006
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Rolph Scarlett: Painter, Designer, Jeweller, Embassy of Canada, Prince Takamado Gallery,
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2005
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Rolph Scarlett Paintings and Works on Paper, The Saint Joseph College Art Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
An important collection of paintings, watercolours, and gouaches by Rolph Scarlett, La Parete Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Art of Tomorrow: Hilla Rebay and Solomon Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY; St. Joseph Art Gallery, West Hartford, CT
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2004
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Rolph Scarlett, Roshkowska Galleries, Windham, NY (solo)
Breaking Boundaries: American Abstract Art, 1930 - 1945, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
1930s: Modern American Art & Design, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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Rolph Scarlett: Art, Design and Jewelry, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec (solo)
Rudolph Bauer, Hilla Rebay, Rolph Scarlett and the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY
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2002
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Rolph Scarlett: Abstract Expressionist Works from the 1940s and 1950s, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY (solo)
Art for the New Collector, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY
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2001
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Abstract Expressionism: Expanding the Canons, Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett: Art, Design and Jewelry, The Macdonald Steward Art Center, Guelph, Canada; Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia (solo)
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2000
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The American Century, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1988
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Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
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1987
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The Ebsworth Collection: American Modernism 1911-1947, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
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1982
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Rolph Scarlett: Works on Paper from c. 1940, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1981
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Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY
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1977
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University of Guelph Art Gallery, Guelph, Canada
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1973
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Rolph Scarlett, The Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1950
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1949
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Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
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1947
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Galerie Charpentier, Paris, France
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1946
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Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
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1940
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Art of the Modern Age Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, France
Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
Museum of Non-Objective Painting, New York, NY
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1930
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Hegemeyer Studios, Pasadena, CA (solo)
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1927
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Ninth Annual Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Art Societies, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Columbia House, Toledo, OH (solo)
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1926
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Eighth Annual Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Art Societies, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
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Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
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Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
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Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Canada
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Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Canada
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Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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The Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
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| Literature |
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2004
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Nasby, Judith. Scarlett, Rolph: Art, Design and Jewelry. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2004
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1993
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Rolph Scarlett: Early Master of the Non-Objective. Woodstock: Woodstock Artists Association, 1993 (catalogue)
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1988
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Rolph Scarlett: A Collection of Prints from the Estate. New York: Associated American Artists, 1988
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| Links to further information |
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