Lot #171 - Revington Arthur, 1908-1986 (USA)

Revington Arthur, 1908-1986 (USA)

Estimate: 4 000 - 8 000 £

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Lot Description

Revington Arthur (1908-1986). 5 Plates and a Person, 1969. Acrylic on canvas, size 152,5 x 122 cm (60 x 48 inches). Signature on the verso. Confirmed by the Revington Arthur Foundation. 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.