Vincent Arcilesi - Selected Drawings & Paintings

Vincent Arcilesi Selected Drawings & Paintings

Vincent Arcilesi (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, Mexico City, and Rome. - Vincent Arcilesi 2

Figurative Drawings & Watercolors

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Elaine,1979, Conte on paper, 26 x 19 ¼ "

Untitled (Seated female nude), 1969, Watercolor, 24 x 18” 4

Vincent, 1988, Pastel & conte, 18 x 24”

Sheila, 2001, Conte on paper, 18 x 24”

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Christa & Mekka, 1998, Charcoal on paper, 18 x 24”

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Figurative Paintings

Chelsea Morning, 1987, Oil on canvas, 32 x 44” 7

Untitled (nude on blue stool), circa 1980 Oil on board 18 x 14”

Untitled (model in a head wrap), circa 1980 Oil on canvas 18 x 14”

Untitled (nude with pink accents), circa 1980 Oil on canvas 18 x 14”

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Portrait of Annette, Circa 1973, Oil on canvas, 48 x 40” 9

Figure Compositions

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 “ 13

Vincent’s Studio, Wendy, 1967, Oil on linen, 59 ⅞ x 79 ⅞ ” (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection)

Wedding On The Isle Of The La Grande-Jatte , 1968, Oil on canvas, 70 x 80” (Private Collection)

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Vincent’s Studio, Katherine, 1966, Oil on canvas, 52 ½ by 69 ⅞” (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection)

Vincent”s Studio: Carol, 1967, Oil on canvas, 57 x 68” 15

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”

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Landscape Paintings

Trees of Windham, 1981, Oil on canvas, 30 x 46”

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Ajax Mountains, 1967, Oil on canvas, 24 x 30”

Trees of Saugatuck (Michigan), Circa 1967, Oil on canvas, 35 ½ x 37”

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Golden Gate Bridge (California), 1993, Oil on canvas, 22 x 30”

Keene Valley in the Adirondacks, 1985, Oil on canvas, 42 x 60”

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Cityscapes

Les Invalides, 2015, Oil on canvas, 20 x 16”

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Zocalo, Mexico City, 2006, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20” (Private Collection)

Big Ben Parliament Square, 1999, Oil on canvas, 20 x 16”

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Installations

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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American Artist Magazine Cover, Self Portrait in the Adirondacks, 1985, Oil on canvas, 60 x 42”

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CV SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 2015 2013 2013 2010 2008 2006 2005

2003 2001 1995 1988 1978 1977

Memorial Exhibition Nan & Vincent, AHA Fine Art, NYC New Paintings and Pastels: Central Park, Athlens, Santorini & Naples, AHA Fine Art, NYC Arcilesi in Rome Part II, AHA Fine Art, NYC Arcilesi in Rome II, AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY Arcilesi in Rome, Broome Street Gallery, NYC Arcilesi in Mexico, Broome Street Gallery, NYC Arcilesi Around the World: Part II, Landscape Survey 1966-2006) 2/20 Gallery, NYC Arcilesi in Russia, 2004 2/20 Gallery, NYC (Arcilesi Around the World: Landscape Survey 1976–2001, 2/20 Gallery, NYC curated by John Arthur). Also 2002, 2000, 1996 Arcilesi in Morocco, (1999–Arcilesi in Paris), (1997–Arcilesi in New York), (1995–Arcilesi in Italy), 2/20 Gallery, NYC Arcilesi in London,1999–Arcilesi in Paris,1997–Arcilesi in New York, 1995–Arcilesi in Italy, 2/20 Gallery, NYC Carmichael & Carmichael Fine Art, St. Paul, MN Noho Gallery, NYC (Also 1985, 1981) Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD Westbroadway Gallery, NYC (Also 1975, 1974, 1973)

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Hirshhorn Museum, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, Washington, DC Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL The Art Institute of Chicago, IL Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 Recording the Nude, AHA Fine Art, NYC 2019 Context Art Miami Art Fair/Miami Beach, AHA Fine Art 2017 Art on Paper, AHA Fine Art, NYC

2012 Scope Art Fair/Miami Beach, AHA Fine Art 2006 Whitney Biennial, Mark di Suvero's "Peace Tower” Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC 2006 Watercurrents 2006: The Figure, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, NYC 2006 Whitney Biennial, Mark di Suvero's Peace Tower, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC 2002 Artists of the Ideal/Nuovo Classicismo,curated by Edward Lucie-Smith, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 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, American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, NYC 1976 America 1976, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Fogg Art 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, "Vincent Arcilesi," Pat Van Gelder, September 1983, cover and photos Contemporary American Realism Since 1960, Frank M. Goodyear, Jr., New York Graphic Society, 1981, photo Art in America, "Painting America First," Robert Rosenblum, January/February 1976, photos AWARDS National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, 1982 CAPS Fellowship 198182 (Creative Artist Public Service Program), NYC

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Self Portrait, 1977, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20”

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