An artist first and foremost, Felrath Hines (1913-1993) worked to create universal visual idioms from a place of complex personal experience, though known to be “color blind” in his relationships... Read full biography
An artist first and foremost, Felrath Hines (1913-1993) worked to create universal visual idioms from a place of complex personal experience, though known to be “color blind” in his relationships with friends and acquaintances,. Hines’s life in 20th century American society was as vibrant as his... Read full biography
An artist first and foremost, Felrath Hines (1913-1993) worked to create universal visual idioms from a place of complex personal experience, though known to be “color blind” in his relationships with friends and acquaintances,. Hines’s life in 20th century American society was as vibrant as his ever-more-subtle works of art. Hines’s figurative and cubist-style artwork morphed into soft-edged organic abstracts as he grappled with hues in his chosen oil medium. The New York art worldvwas small... Read full biography
An artist first and foremost, Felrath Hines (1913-1993) worked to create universal visual idioms from a place of complex personal experience, though known to be “color blind” in his relationships with friends and acquaintances,. Hines’s life in 20th century American society was as vibrant as his ever-more-subtle works of art. Hines’s figurative and cubist-style artwork morphed into soft-edged organic abstracts as he grappled with hues in his chosen oil medium. The New York art worldvwas small when he arrived there in the early 1960s, especially for African American artists, who were routinely marginalized by prestigious galleries and museums. Hines’s fellow artist Romare Bearden invited him to join as a founding member of Spiral, a group... Read full biography
An artist first and foremost, Felrath Hines (1913-1993) worked to create universal visual idioms from a place of complex personal experience, though known to be “color blind” in his relationships with friends and acquaintances,. Hines’s life in 20th century American society was as vibrant as his ever-more-subtle works of art. Hines’s figurative and cubist-style artwork morphed into soft-edged organic abstracts as he grappled with hues in his chosen oil medium. The New York art worldvwas small when he arrived there in the early 1960s, especially for African American artists, who were routinely marginalized by prestigious galleries and museums. Hines’s fellow artist Romare Bearden invited him to join as a founding member of Spiral, a group of African American visual artists who initially met in response to the civil rights movement in the early 1960s.... Read full biography
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About Felrath Hines: Books
Books & Publications (10)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
0 pages
Felrath Hines
1995
Coleman, Floyd/H T Day
30 pages (color)
Still Working Underknown Artists of Age in America (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Parsons School of Design
208 pages (color)
Two Centuries of Black American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Driskell, David C
221 pages (color)
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973
Cederholm, Theresa Dickason
348 pages
Afro-American Artists New York and Boston (Exhibition catalog)