Artist: Revington Arthur (American, 1908–1986)
Title:The Last Supper
Date: 1949
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm)
Signature: Signed en verso
Exhibited: Carnegie Institute, 1949
Condition: Unframed. Craquelure and scattered paint losses present along edges. Please refer to photos for details.
Description:
Oil on canvas painting depicting the biblical subject of the Last Supper. Executed in 1949, the work dates to a period in Arthur's career when he was working in a "semi-Cubism" painting style, prior to his shift towards flattened abstraction in the early 1950s . The painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute in 1949.
Artist Biography:
Revington Arthur was born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1908 . He studied at the Art Students League of New York, the Grand Central School of Art, and the Eastport Summer School of Art . His instructors included George Luks, Arshile Gorky (under whom he studied from 1927 to 1929), and Kimon Nicolaïdes .
Arthur's work was exhibited widely during his career, including at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Carnegie Institute, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art . His work was also published in Time and Esquire magazines. He was a member of the Silvermine Guild and, with Miriam Broudy, co-founded the New England and National Print Show (now the Art of the Northeast) at the Silvermine Guild in 1949 .
From 1956 until his death in 1986, Arthur served as director of the Chautauqua Art Summer School in Chautauqua, New York, where he taught for over four decades . He also taught at New York University .
Arthur's work is held in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly Albright-Knox Art Gallery), the Delaware Art Museum, and the Walker Art Center.
Artist: Revington Arthur (American, 1908–1986)
Title:The Last Supper
Date: 1949
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm)
Signature: Signed en verso
Exhibited: Carnegie Institute, 1949
Condition: Unframed. Craquelure and scattered paint losses present along edges. Please refer to photos for details.
Description:
Oil on canvas painting depicting the biblical subject of the Last Supper. Executed in 1949, the work dates to a period in Arthur's career when he was working in a "semi-Cubism" painting style, prior to his shift towards flattened abstraction in the early 1950s . The painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute in 1949.
Artist Biography:
Revington Arthur was born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1908 . He studied at the Art Students League of New York, the Grand Central School of Art, and the Eastport Summer School of Art . His instructors included George Luks, Arshile Gorky (under whom he studied from 1927 to 1929), and Kimon Nicolaïdes .
Arthur's work was exhibited widely during his career, including at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Carnegie Institute, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art . His work was also published in Time and Esquire magazines. He was a member of the Silvermine Guild and, with Miriam Broudy, co-founded the New England and National Print Show (now the Art of the Northeast) at the Silvermine Guild in 1949 .
From 1956 until his death in 1986, Arthur served as director of the Chautauqua Art Summer School in Chautauqua, New York, where he taught for over four decades . He also taught at New York University .
Arthur's work is held in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly Albright-Knox Art Gallery), the Delaware Art Museum, and the Walker Art Center.
