Emil Carlsen : The Caribbean, 1913.
ECA Record Control Number: 5956
Archives of American Art #: JUL J0046806 [digital photo archive]
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: The Caribbean
Alternate Work Titles:
1923: The Caribbean
1918: The Caribbean at St. Thomas
Work Date: 1913 [date from front of canvas]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen. St. Thomas. 1913.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Calm sea
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1958 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1958 ( Grand Central Galleries [1923-1966], 24 West 57th Street, New York, NY ) ;
before 1966 Estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ;
1932 Luella Ruby May Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
1919 ( Ferargil Galleries [1915-1955], 607 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY ) ;
1913 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1958 The Grand Central Art Gallery, New York, NY, “Memorial exhibition of Emil Carlsen, N. A. 1853-1932“, January 14-25.
1926-1927 Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY, “The multi-national exhibition“, March, 1927; July-August, 1926, Berlin, National Gallery; September, 1926, Berne, Kunsthalle; December, 1926, London, Chenil Galleries; Paris, January, 1927, Bernheim Jeune Gallery.
1923 St. Louis City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, “Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists”, September 15 – October 25.
1923 The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, “Emil Carlsen Exhibition”, June 1 – August 31.
1923 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “The painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29.
1923 The Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, “Exhibition of oil paintings by Lilian Westcott Hale, Emil Carlsen, and Charles H. Davis“, February 24 – March 18.
1922 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Thirty-fifth annual exhibition of American oil paintings and sculpture”, November 2 – December 10.
1920 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Important works by a number of America’s leading painters”, January 10-February 15.
1919 Ferargil Galleries, New York, NY, “Paintings by Emil Carlsen and Edward Willis Redfield“, November, 1919.
1919 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “One hundred and fourteenth annual exhibition“, February 9 – March 30.
1918 National Academy of Design, New York, NY “Ninety-third annual exhibition“, March – April.
References/Citations:
– The Grand Central Art Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Memorial Exhibition of Emil Carlsen, N. A. 1853-1932“, January 14-25, 1958, #11, not illustrated.
– “Archive of Works by Emil Carlsen Compiled by Dines Carlsen”, 24 pages, hand-drawn sketches and notes probably by Dines, provided by Linda Hay, c1960, illustrated: B&W, page 4.
– Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY, “The Multi-National Exhibition“, March, 1927; July-August, 1926, Berlin, National Gallery; September, 1926, Berne, Kunsthalle; December, 1926, London, Chenil Galleries; Paris, January, 1927, Bernheim Jeune Gallery, #7, not illustrated.
– The St. Louis Star and Times, St. Louis, MO, “100 Oil Paintings by U.S. Artists for Annual Show Here“, Thursday, September 6, 1923, Main Edition, page 5, not illustrated.
– The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Exhibition Catalog, “Emil Carlsen Exhibition”, June 1 – August 31, 1923, #38.
– American Art Archives Letter from the Carnegie Institute Files, Box 188, File 1, pg. 45.
– The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Exhibition Catalog, “The Painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29, 1923, #27, not illustrated.
– The Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition Catalog, “Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Lilian Westcott Hale, Emil Carlsen, and Charles H. Davis“, February 24 – March 18, 1923, #24, not illustrated.
– Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Thirty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings and Sculpture”, November 2 – December 10, 1922, #37.
– Academy Notes, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Exhibition of Works by the American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers“, July – December, 1920, Volume 15, Number 2, page 63-68, not illustrated.
– Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Academy Notes“, July-December, 1920, pg. 67.
– Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Important Works by a Number of America’s Leading Painters”, January 10-February 15, 1920, #.
– New York Tribune, New York, NY, “At the Ferargil Gallery…“, November 16, 1919, Section 3-3.
– Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition Catalog, “One Hundred and Fourteenth Annual Exhibition“, February 9 – March 30, 1919, #230, not illustrated.
– The American magazine of art [Art and progress], The American Federation of Arts, New York, NY, “The National Academy’s ninety-third annual exhibition“, volume 9, number 7, May, 1918, page 288-291, not illustrated.
– The Christian Science Monitor, New York, NY, “New York’s Spring Academy“, March 25, 1918, page 16, not illustrated.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Ninety-third Annual Exhibition“, March – April, 1918, #263, shown as The Caribbean at St. Thomas, not illustrated.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0046806.
Related Works:
ECA Notes:
– Painted in St. Thomas in 1913.
– There is a figurative painting called The Caribbean as well and it is not clear if some of these citations belong to that work.
– New York Tribune, New York, NY, “At the Ferargil Gallery…“, November 16, 1919, Section 3-3
“At the Ferargil Gallery…the only canvas of his in this show which from its title would seem to be associated with a definite corner of the world is entitled…”The Caribbean.” This is one way of his hinting that he was interested in painting before anything else a mass of color, the radiant blue of sea and sky. He is essentially a colorist, enamored of sensuous beauty.”
– The American magazine of art [Art and progress], The American Federation of Arts, New York, NY, “The National Academy’s ninety-third annual exhibition“, volume 9, number 7, May, 1918, page 288-291, not illustrated.
…”Emil Carlsen was particularly well represented by a marine, a picture of the Caribbean sea as seen from the Island of St. Thomas, begun some time ago but only
lately finished.”…
Price History:
1923 – $3,000 USD [$41,654.91 in 2014]
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Record Birth Date:
November 3, 2014
Last Update:
April 23, 2017