The Jade Bowl
The Jade Bowl
Artist
Creation date
about 1920
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35 x 29 3/4 in.
45 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (framed)
Credit line
Gift of the Friends of American Art
Accession number
20.140
Collection
Not Currently On View
Although Dines learned to paint from his Danish-American father, Emile, both artists produced tonal arrangements inspired by James Abbott McNeill Whistler and 17th-century Dutch masters.
In this painting, Whistler's influence is especially apparent in the artist's use of a limited palette of yellow, black and green, and the simplified composition.
Turn of the Century
Dines Carlsen
The Jade Bowl, about 1920
oil on canvas
35 x 29 ¾ in.
Gift of the Friends of American Art
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The son of Soren Emil Carlsen, Dines became a well-known artist in his own right. Dines began his art training studying with his father. A precocious talent, he began exhibiting in 1915 at age 14 and later became the youngest member ever voted to the National Academy of Design. He is primarily known for his still life paintings, but also highly regarded for his landscapes. At fifteen his still life paintings were included in the 91st Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design and in the Sixth Biennial of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. Before he was twenty he had already won numerous prizes for his work.
The Jade Bowl is in the style of Dines’s father, yet it is a remarkable production for such a young artist and is fully the equal of his father’s best work. In its attention to texture, tonalities and composition, this deft orchestration of gold and yellow hues is a remarkable production. Dines’s compositions are strikingly decorative and well-drawn. This canvas with the great glowing tray as a contrast for the delicate bowl and the scattered laurel leaves is rich in color and gemlike in execution.
Reference
Emil Carlsen. The Art of Emil and Dines Carlsen, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, Pennsylvania: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, 1977. ASIN: B000739PX8
