Chester Arnold

American | 1952

Chester Arnold is an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1952.

How much does a Chester Arnold cost?

Chester Arnold's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 400 USD to 16,250 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Chester Arnold's most expensive painting?

Since 2009 the record price for this artist at auction is 16,250 USD for Latter-Day Triumph, sold at Bonhams Los Angeles in 2012.

Where can I see Chester Arnold's works?

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museum of Sonoma County have featured Chester Arnold's work in the past.

Chester Arnold in the news

Chester Arnold has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for KQED in May 2020.

At Auction

Notable Lots

Labyrinth ,1993

By Chester Arnold

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The Assumption of My Entire Material Life Part II - Chester Arnold

The Assumption of My Entire Material Life Part II ,2000

By Chester Arnold

+22%

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Untitled ,1995

By Chester Arnold

+10%

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Recent Auction Results

Till + Tweed

By Chester Arnold

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Momento Mori ,1993

By Chester Arnold

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All Washed Up ,2002

By Chester Arnold

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Past Exhibitions

Unruly: North Bay Artists from the San Francisco Art Institute

Museum of Sonoma County

Santa Rosa | California | USA

Feb 15, 2025 - Jun 08, 2025

Art of Painting in the 21st Century

John Natsoulas Center for the Arts

Davis | California | USA

Oct 02, 2024 - Nov 02, 2024

Chester Arnold: Tributaries

Catharine Clark Gallery

San Francisco | California | USA

Jan 06, 2024 - Mar 02, 2024

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Articles

KQED May 27, 2020

Visiting art shows used to be a regular part of my job. I鈥檇 see at least one show a week, sometimes more if I was feeling ambitious or visiting an area dense with galleries.

Hi-Fructose Aug 21, 2019

Though gorgeously rendered, Chester Arnold鈥檚 paintings don鈥檛 idealize the state of nature.

ARTFIXdaily Aug 04, 2016

The San Jose Museum of Art will explore the precarious relationship between nature and humanity in the exhibition Indestructible Wonder, on view August 18, 2016 鈥� January 29, 2017.

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鈥� ..It speaks to the passionate intensity, colorful history, and fecund forms and sources referenced in Arnold鈥檚 paintings of earth鈥檚 extremes... 鈥�
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Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco

鈥� ..Arnold takes you on a tour of the aftermath, the discarded tools, gaping holes and skeletons left in the wake... 鈥�
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Koplin Del Rio Gallery

鈥� ..Arnold notes that this 鈥渂ody of work reflects a mind鈥檚 natural and unrestrained adventures with friction and gravity at its core,鈥� where even seemingly bucolic landscapes bear psychological weight... 鈥�
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Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco

鈥� ..A line of poetry titles this show鈥攐ne of many composed by Arnold and inscribed on the backs of his paintings... 鈥�
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Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco

鈥� ..Arnold鈥檚 latest series of oil paintings explore the natural world鈥檚 entanglement with humanity through dreamlike depictions of catastrophe and isolation... 鈥�
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Elizabeth Leach Gallery