Artwork Details
Artist
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Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
50-1/8 x 36 in. (stretcher) 50-3/4 x 36-5/8 x 1-1/2 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Inscribed, capitalized handwritten print at upper left of backing board in black ink: LOARRAINE '86 | 36 x [obliterated] 50 x 36" | OIL ON LINEN | FELRATH HINES
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Credit Line
Alice and Kirk McKinney Fund
Copyright
Collection
Color Palette
Provenance
Artist (1913-1993); Dorothy Fisher, artist's widow, Silver Springs, Maryland; purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1994.
Gallery Labels
Balance, harmony, and radiant color are present in the abstract paintings of Felrath Hines. In his early works, like Untitled nearby, fields of color seem to move forward and backward on the surface of the canvas. Later, he moved to a style of geometric abstraction with hard edges and smoothly applied colors that move our eyes side-to-side, as in Lorraine. Here, thin slivers of white canvas are exposed between a limited array of colors, allowing the colors to shimmer. A sense of balance is maintained despite a hint of asymmetry at the bottom right of the canvas.
As a young man he briefly studied textile and fabric design, strengthening his sensitivity to rhythms and patterns. His career as a conservator of paintings informed his knowledge of the science of color, which is reflected in his own paintings.
A red rectangle and trapezoid anchor the center of the canvas, each geometric shape intersected by perpendicular lines of varying red hues. Thin slivers of white canvas are exposed where the boundaries of these shapes meet, adding further vibrancy to the balanced fields of color.
Here, Felrath Hines moved away from the organic abstraction that defined his early works (such as
Untitled, also on view in this gallery) and towards a geometric abstraction with hard edges and smoothly applied colors. Hines’s experience studying textile and fabric design surely strengthened his sensitivity to such compositional rhythms and patterns. His career as a conservator of painting also informed his understanding of color relationships.Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
It's About Time: The Art of Felrath Hines
Indiana State Museum & Historic Sites
June 22, 2019 - September 29, 2019
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