Bernard Shirley Carter (1917-2002)
B. Shirley Carter, Artist, Painter & Teacher, of New York City & Boston
He was born in Boston and grew up in Paris. He attended Yale Art School in 1937 and transferred to the Arts Students League in 1938, studying under Raphael Soyer and Arnold Blanche. He later began working as a commercial artist for the Walter Thompson Agency until enlisting with the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Battalion in 1942. After his military service, he taught at the Parsons School of Design and in 1963 founded The Bedford Art Center in Westchester County, New York. He was recognized as a painter and teacher, and lived and worked in both New York City and Boston. He created abstract landscapes as well as representative pieces. His figurative works (nudes) were impressionistic, with subtle complementary colors (blues and oranges), with some use of black ink line technique. He also used the same technique in his abstract landscapes. His works included watercolors, chalk, and ink. He is recognized in the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and his work has also been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, the American Watercolor Society, and the Katonah Gallery.
