Lot #170 - Revington Arthur, 1908-1986 (USA)

Revington Arthur, 1908-1986 (USA)

Estimate: 2 000 - 4 000 £

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Lot Description

Revington Arthur (1908-1986). Ballet Class, 1969. Oil on canvas, size 64 x 77 cm (25 1/4 x 30 1/3 inches), frame dimensions 77 x 90 cm (30 1/3 x 35 1/2). Signature lower right. Babcock Galleries label on the verso. (Revington Arthur was born in Stamford, Connecticut, where he grew up in the Glenbrook neighborhood. He started his education at The Grand Central School of Art in New York from 1927 until 1930. During the summers of 1928 through 1930 he attended the George P. Ennis Summer School of Art in Eastport, Maine where he studied antique drawing, portrait painting, life painting, drawing, illustration, anatomy, graphics, modeling, and design. In the summer of 1931, Arthur attended the Art Students League in New York. In the summer of 1945, he took the summer extension course in art history at Columbia University. While attending school, he also studied under notable artists such as George Luks, George Bridgeman, Arshile Gorky, Kimon Nicholaides, and Grant Reynard. All of this resulted in important practical experience and allowed him to explore different styles that influenced his work. Studied: Art Students League
Grand Central School of Art, with George Luks, George P. Ennis
Eastport Summer School of Art, with Arshile Gorky
Columbia University Extension
also, with K. Nicolaides. Exhibited: Carnegie Institute, 1931, 1943, 1944, 1945
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1932, 1934, 1937
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1944, 1946
Whitney Museum of American Art, 1945
Brooklyn Museum, 1931, 1943
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1939, 1941
Walker Arts Center, 1943, 1944
Silvermine Guild, 1944 (prize) 1955 (solo)
Critics Armory Show, 1945
Critics Choice, Cincinnati, 1945
National Academy of Design, 1944
New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 1948 (prize), 1955 (prize)
Des Moines Art Center, 1950
Delgado Museum of Art, 1951
Connecticut Watercolor Society, 1951 (prize)
New England Exh., 1953 (Stonehenge award)
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1955 (prize)
Salons of America
Society of Independent Artists. Member: Audubon Artists
Silvermine Guild
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
New Orleans Art Association
Connecticut Watercolor Society
American Watercolor Society
Darien Guild of Art.Work: Brooklyn Museum
Telfair Academy of Art
Walker Art Center
Wilmington Society of Fine Art
Florida Southern College
Rollins College
Ford Motor Co. Positions: Director, Chautauqua Art Center, 1944-83
Associate Director, Silvermine Art School, 1951-
Director, The New England Exh., 1950-
Director, 1st Nat. Pr. Exh., Silvermine Guild, 1956-
Instructor, Syracuse University courses at Chautauqua Art Center, 1953-
Instructor, Silvermine School of Art, 1951-
Instructor, New York University courses at Chautauqua, 1944-1952.)