Forrest Bess, Untitled (Rainbow with Arc), n.d., oil on canvas.

COURTESY BETH RUDIN DE WOODY AND STUART SHAVE/MODERN ART, LONDON

Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.

Today’s show: “Forrest Bess” is on view at Modern Art gallery’s Helmet Row location in London through Saturday, December 1. The solo exhibition, the artist’s first in the United Kingdom, presents 18 paintings made between the 1940s and 1970s, many of which have rarely been exhibited.