Oil on canvas, inscribed "Geo. Bireline" on the stretcher, framed.

DOA 46.75 x 59 in.

Originally from Illinois, George Bireline moved to North Carolina to pursue an MFA at UNC-Chapel Hill. In 1964 the highly respected André Emmerich Gallery in New York mounted a solo show of his paintings. The New York Times art critic, Stuart Preston, described Bireline's color field paintings in this show a "handsomely endowed alliance arranged between Albers and Rothko" with colors and lines that "vibrate like quivering blocks of jello" and "color itself is a generous feast." (The New York Times, "Variety Fair," March 29, 1964)

Bireline taught at North Carolina State University's School of Design from 1955 until his retirement in 1986, influencing multiple generations of artists from the state and beyond. His paintings are in multiple private and public collections including the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; the Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina; the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; and others.

Stable craquelure; yellowing to varnish; diagonal scratch to center top of canvas; rubbing to frame.

$1,000 - 3,000