Arcilesi SelectedDrawings
Vincent
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VincentArcilesi(1932-2022)
Artist Statement
My work reflects my two great passions in life: the human figure and the landscape. I try to portray the nude form, both male and female, in all its sensuous glory. I have painted compositions since 1964 and started painting landscapes on site in 1966. While at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I was trained as an abstract painter, I fell under the spell of the great French Impressionist paintings in their collection. Over the years, the two strains have become intermingled so that many of my large paintings depict nude figures in various landscapes, mythic as well as real. Classical drapery and banners are a keynote of my work, whether as a background for a studio portrait or as an integral part of the design motif of a landscape composition. In my last ten solo shows, sensual clothed and unclothed figures appear in the landscapes and cityscapes of Morocco, Italy, New York, Paris, London, St. Petersburg, Russia, MexicoCity,andRome. - VincentArcilesi
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Figurative Drawings & Watercolors
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Untitled (Seated female nude), 1969, Watercolor, 24 x 18” Elaine,1979, Conte on paper, 26 x 19 ¼ "
Sheila, 2001, Conte on paper, 18 x 24”
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Vincent, 1988, Pastel & conte, 18 x 24”
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Christa & Mekka, 1998, Charcoal on paper, 18 x
FigurativePaintings
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Chelsea Morning, 1987, Oil on canvas, 32 x 44”
Untitled (nude on blue stool), circa 1980 Oil on board 18 x 14” Untitled (nude with pink accents), circa 1980 Oil on canvas 18 x 14” Untitled (model in a head wrap), circa 1980 Oil on canvas 18 x 14” 8
Portrait of Annette, Circa 1973, Oil on canvas, 48 x 40”
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FigureCompositions
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Dreamers in Palace Square, 2004-05, Oil on canvas, 108 x 216” (3 panels)
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Washington Square Park, 1997, Lithograph, 22 ½ x 26 ½ “, Ed. 35 Model at Ox-Bow, 1971, Lithograph, 21 x 16
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Return of Flora, 1974, Oil on canvas, 68 x 68”
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Papal Vision, 1970, Oil on canvas, 70 x 69”
Aspen IV, 1970, Oil on canvas, 35 ¼ x 43 ¼ “
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Wedding On The Isle Of The La Grande-Jatte , 1968, Oil on canvas, 70 x 80” (Private Collection)
Vincent’s Studio, Wendy, 1967, Oil on linen, 59 ⅞ x 79 ⅞ ” (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection)
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Vincent”s Studio: Carol, 1967, Oil on canvas, 57 x 68”
Vincent’s Studio, Katherine, 1966, Oil on canvas, 52 ½ by 69 ⅞” (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection)
A Soldier’s Dream, 1960, Oil on canvas, 93 x 68”
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Summer Night in Rome, 1994, Oil on canvas, 96 x 84”
Double Portrait: Rafaella, 1977, Oil on canvas, 74 x 68”
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Two Women at Pont Alexandre III, 2012, Oil on canvas, 96 x 78” Bathers at Jardin du Luxembourg, 1999,Oil on canvas, 96 x 78”
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Venus and Adonis,1992, Oil on canvas, 70 x 54”
LandscapePaintings
Trees of Windham, 1981, Oil on canvas, 30 x 46”
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Trees of Saugatuck (Michigan), Circa 1967, Oil on canvas, 35 ½ x 37”
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Ajax Mountains, 1967, Oil on canvas, 24 x 30”
Keene Valley in the Adirondacks, 1985, Oil on canvas, 42 x 60”
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Golden Gate Bridge (California), 1993, Oil on canvas, 22 x 30”
Cityscapes
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Les Invalides, 2015, Oil on canvas, 20 x 16”
Zocalo, Mexico City, 2006, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20” (Private Collection)
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Big Ben Parliament Square, 1999, Oil on canvas, 20 x 16”
Installations
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Vincent Arcilesi Retrospective, 2017
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Vincent Arcilesi Retrospective (Installation shot), 2017
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Memorial Exhibition (Installation shot), 2021
Model in Front of White Curtain (Detail), 1972, Oil on canvas, 72 x 60”
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Vincent Arcilesi Retrospective (Installation shot), 2017
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Arcilesi in Rome (installation shot)
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Duane St. Loft, 1976, Oil on canvas, 9 x 12’
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Cover, Self
the Adirondacks
1985, Oil on
60 x 42”
AmericanArtist Magazine
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Memorial Exhibition Nan & Vincent,AHAFineArt, NYC
2015 New Paintings and Pastels: Central Park, Athlens, Santorini & Naples, AHAFineArt, NYC
2013 Arcilesi in Rome Part II, AHAFineArt, NYC
2013 Arcilesi in Rome II,AHAFineArt, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Arcilesi in Rome, Broome Street Gallery, NYC
2008 Arcilesi in Mexico, Broome Street Gallery, NYC
2006 Arcilesi Around the World: Part II, Landscape Survey 1966-2006)
2/20 Gallery, NYC
2005 Arcilesi in Russia, 2004 2/20 Gallery, NYC (ArcilesiAround the World: Landscape Survey 1976–2001, 2/20 Gallery, NYC curated by JohnArthur). Also 2002, 2000, 1996
2003 Arcilesi in Morocco, (1999–Arcilesi in Paris), (1997–Arcilesi in NewYork), (1995–Arcilesi in Italy), 2/20 Gallery, NYC
2001 Arcilesi in London,1999–Arcilesi in Paris,1997–Arcilesi in New York,
1995–Arcilesi in Italy, 2/20 Gallery, NYC
1995 Carmichael & Carmichael FineArt, St. Paul, MN
1988 Noho Gallery, NYC (Also 1985, 1981)
1978 Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD
1977 Westbroadway Gallery, NYC (Also 1975, 1974, 1973)
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Hirshhorn Museum,The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, Washington, DC Museum of ContemporaryArt, Chicago, IL
TheArt Institute of Chicago, IL
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
SELECTED GROUPEXHIBITIONS
2020 Recording the Nude,AHAFineArt, NYC
2019 ContextArt MiamiArt Fair/Miami Beach,AHAFineArt
2017 Art on Paper,AHAFineArt, NYC
2012 ScopeArt Fair/Miami Beach,AHAFineArt
2006 Whitney Biennial, Mark di Suvero's "PeaceTower” Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
2006 Watercurrents 2006: The Figure, Lori Bookstein FineArt, NYC
2006 Whitney Biennial, Mark di Suvero's Peace Tower, Whitney Museum of AmericanArt, NYC
2002 Artists of the Ideal/Nuovo Classicismo,curated by Edward Lucie-Smith, Museum of Modern and ContemporaryArt, Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
1988 Contemporary Nudes,curated by Gerrit Henry and Carola van den Houten, One Penn Plaza, NYC
1982 Contemporary Self Portraits,Allan Frumkin Gallery, NYC
1981 Art Awards Candidates,AmericanAcademy & Institute ofArts & Letters, NYC
1976 America 1976, Corcoran Gallery ofArt, Washington, DC; FoggArt Museum, Boston, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
American Realism, Edward Lucie-Smith, Harry N.Abrams, NYC, 1994, Spirit of Place, Contemporary Landscape Painting & The American Tradition, John Arthur.
American Artist, "VincentArcilesi," Pat Van Gelder, September 1983, cover and photos
Contemporary American Realism Since 1960, Frank M. Goodyear, Jr., NewYork Graphic Society, 1981, photo Art in America, "PaintingAmerica First," Robert Rosenblum, January/February 1976, photos
AWARDS
National Endowment for theArts, VisualArtists Fellowship Grant, 1982 CAPS Fellowship 198182 (CreativeArtist Public Service Program), NYC
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