George Bireline
(1923-2002)

George Bireline (1923-2002) is a central and influential figure among the South's visual artists. Bireline drew national attention with his color field paintings of the 1960’s and continued working in many styles during his lifetime, including abstract expressionism, trompe l'Oeil, social commentary and figurative. Bireline received a coveted Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and was honored with a major retrospective in 1976 at the North Carolina Museum of Art. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, the Mint Museum Charlotte, NC, the Asheville Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA, and the Ackland Museum of Art Chapel Hill, NC. He also taught throughout his career at the School of Design at North Carolina State University from 1955 until his retirement in 1986.

Filter acrylic oil on canvas, c. 2000 8 x 10 inches		Gloom acrylic oil on canvas, c. 2000 9 x 12 inches		Effervesce oil on canvas, c. 1998 33.5 x 45.5 inches
Untitled (Black) acrylic oil on canvas, c. 2001 22 x 26 inches sold		A Grand View acrylic on canvas, c. 2002 59 x 80 inches		Expulsions II acrylic on canvas, c. 1999 36 x 36 inches sold
Fall of Rome acrylic collage on canvas, c. 1997 50 x 66 inches		Gardens of Delight acrylic media on board, c. 1996 21 x 30 inches		Untitled (Sunset) acrylic on canvas, c. 2001-02 28 x 54 inches
Untitled (W) oil on board, c. 1963 37.5 x 24.5 inches sold		Glory acrylic on canvas, c. 2000 40 x 27 inches		Inside Outside acrylic oil crayon paper board, c. 1986 23 x 21 inches
Two Views- Don't Look Back pastel on paper, c. 1987 21 x 25 inches		Untitled (Sunrise) acrylic on canvas, c. 1999-2000 45 x 30 inches		Burner acrylic on canvas, c. 2000 11 x 14 inches
Millenium Warrior acrylic on canvas, c. 1998 40 x 27 inches		Retread acrylic on canvas, c. 1997 68 x 50 inches		Torn Canvas (Blount Street Puzzle) acrylic over oil, c. 1977 28 x 24 inches

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