Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s.
Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1889, he left Canada at the age of 18 to go to New York City and returned to Canada during the years of World War I. However, by 1924 he had established New York City as his home. While he was beginning his career as an abstract painter, he was designing stage scenery for George Bernard Shaw's play, Man and Superman< (showing 500 of 10586 characters). |
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