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1913 Indianapolis, Indiana - 1993 Silver Spring, Maryland. Known for: Abstract-op art expressionist painting, art restoration and conservation.
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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Keywords (20)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Cubism, Cubist
- •Op Art, Optical
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
- •Nahum Tschacbasov
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Art Movement
- •Spiral Group, African-American Collective
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Provincetown Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York