Framed: 32 3/8 x 38 1/4 inches
artist
Born in New York City, Painter, printmaker, and muralist Claude Bentley grew up in Chicago and studied at Northwestern University and the Art Institute of Chicago where he would later teach. As a member of the armed forces during WWII, with time mostly spent in Africa, Bentley acquired an appreciation and curiosity for the art of Africa, Oceania, and that of Pre-Columbian South America adopting many of their symbols and geometry into his own works as well as becoming an avid collector.
Bentley has exhibited nationally at institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago, Denver Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art and has work included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.
Description
“To preserve the initial impulse, I like to finish as quickly as possible… As I work, I like to build the painting to a crescendo of activity while retaining areas of rest, of inactivity.”
– Claude Bentley
Torn and layered hand-made and laid papers of various tones collaged with bits of cardboard and heavy bond papers, over and underpainted in washes and impasto oil, combine for a very attractive and satisfying composition. Possibly referencing a seaport, inlet, or other waterscape, Bentley leaves it up to the viewer to decide the nature of the composition by avoiding overt references and simply titling it Objects in a Landscape.
provenance
Estate of Claude Bentley until 2022
Framed: 32 3/8 x 38 1/4 inches
Description
“To preserve the initial impulse, I like to finish as quickly as possible… As I work, I like to build the painting to a crescendo of activity while retaining areas of rest, of inactivity.”
– Claude Bentley
Torn and layered hand-made and laid papers of various tones collaged with bits of cardboard and heavy bond papers, over and underpainted in washes and impasto oil, combine for a very attractive and satisfying composition. Possibly referencing a seaport, inlet, or other waterscape, Bentley leaves it up to the viewer to decide the nature of the composition by avoiding overt references and simply titling it Objects in a Landscape.
provenance
Estate of Claude Bentley until 2022