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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Untitled Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Summit, NJ
Gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The piece is signed "Scarlett" on the front in two places. The piece is in perfect condition. Unframed it measures 10.75 x 13.5.
Gouache
Geometric Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. The composition is a tightly organized geometric abstraction on a deep blue ground. A large, centrally placed triangular form asserts the vertical axis and is an...
Oil, Canvas
Trapped, Original Gouche on Paper, Hand Signed, Custom Framed
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache on paper. Hand signed lower front by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size: 17.5 x 23.5 inches. Frame size: 24 x 30 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reason...
Paper, Gouache
Woman Abstract Expressionist Work on Paper
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Woman Abstract Portrait Repaired tear upper left and minor wear along the edges of the work, otherwise in good condition Artist signed lower right corner, 23.5h x 18.5"w Rolph Scarl...
Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper
Blue Man Abstract Expressionist Work on Paper
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Abstract Portrait Minor wear along the edges of the work, otherwise in good condition. Artist signed lower right corner, 23.5h x 18.5"w Rolph Scarlett 1889-1984 Born on June 13, 18...
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Gouache
$5,000
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and artistic philosophy is closely linked with the early history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim...
Oil, Paper
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor on Paper
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper by noted artist Rolph Scarlett (1891-1984). Unframed. Signed and dated 1954 lower right. In excellent condition. P...
Paper, Watercolor
Geometric Shapes
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (1889-1984) Geometric Shapes Gauche on Paper 14 ½" x 13” 22" x 21" framed In this original artwork, the artist transforms circles, shapes, and lines within an ide...
Gouache, Archival Paper
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984) “Abstract” Signed and dated 1947, lower right Gouache on paper Provenance: Private collection, Miami Florida About Rolph Scarlett w...
Gouache
$50,000
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left. This is a large example of a non-objective painting by Rolph Scarlett. Scarlett was a painter of geometric forms and shapes. His intuitive style helped establish ...
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor on Paper
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper by noted artist Rolph Scarlett (1891-1984). Unframed. Signed and dated 1947 lower right. In excellent condition. Paper...
Paper, Watercolor
Rolph Scarlett - Signed Abstract Expressionist painting on paper mid century mod
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting, ca. 1960 Gouache, Ink, Watercolor on Paper . Hand signed, with original Jonas Aarons Gallery label 23 × 18 3/4 inches Signed ...
Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, ca. 1950 Gouache on paper painting Hand signed on lower right front This is a stunning original, signed vintage 1950...
Gouache, Mixed Media, Pencil
Rolph Scarlett Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1945
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper by noted artist Rolph Scarlett - Signed and dated lower right. Archivally matted, unframed. Image size: 11" H x 15" W. In excel...
Paper
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"Orange Face"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1945 Signed lower left Sight size 12 x 10.5 in Overall size in newly matted one inch wide black frame 25.5 x 21.5 in
Gouache, Paper
"Abstraction, " Rolph Scarlett, ca 1947, abstract expressionism, gouache
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
Gouache
"Abstraction I, " Rolph Scarlett, gouache, modernism, American art, ca 1940-50
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
Gouache
"Geometric Design"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984) A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and art...
Paper, Gouache
Untitled Watercolor on Cardboard, Abstract, Framed, 7x11 Inches
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...
Watercolor, Cardboard
Geometric Composition
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984) “Geometric Composition” Signed lower right, circa late 1930’s early 1940’s 19 ½ x 26 inches Mixed media, Price on request About Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric and linear forms, an industrial designer, and a pioneer in helping establish non-objective art as an aesthetic in America. He also worked in an abstract art style during the American avant-garde movement which extended into the 1940s. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada and travelled to New York City as an 18-year-old. By 1924 he made New York City his home. In 1939, Scarlett was one of the founding members and forces which steered the development of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting in New York. (later, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum). Guggenheim was the sponsor behind the Avant Garde and pioneering, philosophy of Baroness Hilla Rebay who founded the early museum. She was both the founding curator and director of the museum, as well as an abstract artist. She encouraged and worked with Scarlett in the early museum years, together promoting the concepts of non-objective painting. In Scarlett’s aesthetic these where geometric elements intuitively placed in non-descript flat and three-dimensional space. Any discussion of the history of the Guggenheim Museum must include four key figures: Hilla Rebay (1890-1967), Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), and Rolf Scarlett...
Mixed Media, Board
$35,000
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right and a double sided painting.
Oil, Board
$14,000
Abstracts
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (1889 Ontario, Canada - 1984 Woodstock, New York) A set of four Gouache works on paper, offered with or without custom framing based on buyers’ choice of frames 1.) Fl...
Mixed Media
Geometric Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left. About the artist: Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Guelph, Ontario,...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Framed Watercolor on Paper, Abstract, Circa 1940, Signed
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...
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The piece is in perfect condition. Unframed it measures 13.75 high by 16 wide. It is signed "Scarlett" lower right.
Gouache
Abstract and Drip
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. Description An example of Scarlett’s abstract drip painting, this untitled work has linear and geometric elements rendered in shades of black, rose, and blue and...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Framed Abstract Gouache and Watercolor, Signed
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...
Watercolor, Cardboard, Gouache
$2,100
Untitled, Framed Abstract Watercolor on Paper, 1974, Signed, 17.5x21.5 in.
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...
Paper, Watercolor
"Relaxing at Camarillo" - Abstract Expressionism
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
"Relaxing at Camarillo" - Abstract Expressionism A man relines in a black hat and a green shape emulating the symbol of infinity, accented in bright canary yellow and gray, by Calif...
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Pencil
A Case of the Blues - Abstract Expressionism
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
A Case of the Blues - Abstract Expressionism An abstract expressionist painting in vibrant hues of blue swimming in multiple layers and colors, creating a work that is defined by d...
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Latex
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H 20 in W 14 in D 0.1 in
ROGER HERSON (1922-2008) SIGNED FRENCH ABSTRACT PAINTING - FIGURATIVE STUDY
By Roger Herson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition" by Roger Herson (French 1922-2008) signed gouache and crayon on paper, unframed painting: 20 x 14 inches Superb original abstract painting by the very well listed French abstract and surrealist artist, Roger Herson (1922-2008). The painting is signed and has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate in northern France. Roger Herson (1922-2008) was a French abstract, cubist and surrealist painter from Rouen, France. Influenced by Picasso, Braque and Léger, he infuses the canvas with a frenzied and tonic movement, a rigorous construction and a personal graphic power. Painter of woman, desire and fantasies, Herson draws his inspiration from the verve and surrealist movement inspired by Georgio de Chirico...
Gouache
Metallurgy, Pop Art Oil Painting on Canvas by Jack Brusca
By Jack Brusca
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jack Brusca, American (1939 - 1993) Title: Metallurgy Year: 1968 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated and titled verso Size: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Canvas, Oil
$20,000
H 19 in W 15 in
Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century
By Piero Dorazio
Located in New York, NY
Italian Modern Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century - "Gonage" Dorazio completed "Gonage" in 1949 when just after the artist had been awarded a stipend by the French government and admission to the Academy Beaux Arts. There he met George Braque who became great friends but also an influence on Dorazio, of which "Gonage" is a living testament. "Gonage" actual size of the drawing measures 12 x 9 1/2 inches. It is signed on the lower right. The work is affixed to a 19 x 15 inch board which includes the artist's signature and date. There is a torn table on the lower left entitling the piece "Gonage". Provenance follows this piece as a gift in 1950 to the artist-colleague Luigi Lucioni, who then gifted it in 1955 to his friend, the uncle of the current owner who has owned the work since 1988. Bio Born in Italy, Piero Dorazio studied architecture in Rome. At the same time his first abstract works were executed. In 1947 he received a scholarship from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he contacted Modern artists, who lived in Paris. He founded the galleries "Age d'Or" in Florence and Rome to represent avant-garde arts in Italy. During a one year stay in the USA he got acquainted with leading artists of Abstract Expressionism such as Marc Rothko...
Gouache, Board
Valley Landscape
By Alejandro Rubio
Located in San Francisco, CA
Alejandro Rubio Valley Landscape, 2025 Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches This one-of-a-kind oil painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars.
Canvas, Oil
$2,462
H 20.08 in W 27.96 in D 1.19 in
1960 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
By Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1960, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued element...
Paper, Magazine Paper, Oil
Blue, Red, and Black
By Alexander Calder
Located in London, GB
An original, large-scale painting by Alexander Calder, this unique work showcases Calder's iconic bold colour palette and dynamic abstract forms. The piece, painted in 1968, is hand-...
Paper, Gouache
Blue and Black Geometric Abstract
By Walter Swyrydenko
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Blue and Black Abstract, Artist signed and dated 1968 Size: 31x36.5 framed 32x37.5 Born in Sloviansk, Ukraine in 1942. A graduate of Kent State University, receiving a B.S. in Art E...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$454
H 18.9 in W 14.18 in D 0.04 in
Abstract Impressionist Tree Nature Oil Painting on Paper "Spiritual Energy"
By Natalya Mougenot
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Spiritual Energy" is a captivating semi-abstract masterpiece by French artist Natalya Mougenot, evoking a vibrant connection to nature through an explosion of color and dynamic brus...
Oil, Paper
$12,500
H 17 in W 24 in
Abstract Expressionist Gouache Oil Painting on Paper John Von Wicht WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
John von Wicht (German American, 1888-1970) Hand signed lower right Oil and media painting on Japan paper Dimensions: 17 X 24 inches Johannes Von Wicht was born in Holstein, Germa...
Oil, Gouache, Archival Paper
Black And White Abstract - Oil And Gouache On Paper
By Felix Ruvolo
Located in Soquel, CA
Black And White Abstract - Oil And Gouache On Paper Black and white abstract painting by Felix Ruvolo (American, 1912-1992). Grey takes over the center of the paper with strokes of ...
Paper, Oil, Watercolor, Gouache
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H 22.75 in W 33.75 in
Rolph Scarlett, Yellow Abstract, Non-Objective Mid-Century Modern Drip Painting
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett (American, 1889 - 1984) Untitled, n.d. Oil on board with collage 17 1/2 x 29 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York Private Col...
Oil, Board
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H 4.5 in W 6.5 in
"Abstraction, " Rolph Scarlett, mixed media, 20th century, American art, color
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Abstract Geometric
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984) “Abstract Geometric” Signed and dated 1947, lower right 29 ½ x 23 ½ inches 35 x 29 inches framed Oil on board, signed lower left Prove...
Oil, Board
Abstract in Colors
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Signed lower left. Signed lower left. Rolph Scarlett, was born 1889 in Guelph, Ontario. His long life as an artist began in his teens as a jewelry designer and fabricator. At the ag...
Acrylic
Untitled Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Summit, NJ
Perfect piece by abstract expressionist artist Rolph Scarlett. Vibrant colors. Painted on a piece of cardboard, probably an old cardboard flattened box. Trimmed in white with good ed...
Oil, Cardboard
Untitled Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Summit, NJ
Gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The paper piece is Unframed and measures 13.75 high by 16.75 wide. It is signed "Scarlett" lower right. The colors are bright and vibrant...
Gouache
"Study in Pink and Black"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower right. Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984) A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and ar...
Gouache, Paper
Preliminary drawing for a painting entitled "Eve"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil lower left Estate stamp verso on board From the artist's record book entitled "Masterwork 9-10"