Train Yard
Signed lower right: John Folinsbee
Description
Train Yard demonstrates John Folinsbee’s knack for constructing an interesting composition through the interplay of strong diagonal, vertical and horizonal elements, as well as his perceptive color sense, incorporating warm and cool tones throughout the scene. The viewer remains engaged owing to the chiaroscuro effect of sunlight and shadow on the cluster of buildings and through the artist’s combination of broad and dappled brushwork when rendering form and texture.
Provenance
By descent through the family of the artist
Inscriptions
Labels
1. (affixed to verso of lining canvas) Property of / John F. Folinsbee / Art Trust / A-251
2. (on top stretcher) Newman Galleries / John Folinsbee / “Train Yard” / 32” x 40” / Oil on Canvas / 17498c / (price)
Exhibitions
Literature
1). Cook, Peter G. John Folinsbee. New York: Kubaba Books, 1994, p. 96, color ill., (incorrect date in caption)
2). Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 256, catalogue entry 473
Condition
Very good. The painting is on an old lining and remains stable on the lining. Under UV there are a few localized areas of fluorescing in the lower right quadrant that read as possible in-painting, but in daylight they also correspond to what may be the artist’s reworking of certain passages.
Frame Details
Description
Train Yard demonstrates John Folinsbee’s knack for constructing an interesting composition through the interplay of strong diagonal, vertical and horizonal elements, as well as his perceptive color sense, incorporating warm and cool tones throughout the scene. The viewer remains engaged owing to the chiaroscuro effect of sunlight and shadow on the cluster of buildings and through the artist’s combination of broad and dappled brushwork when rendering form and texture.
Provenance
By descent through the family of the artist
Inscriptions
Labels
1. (affixed to verso of lining canvas) Property of / John F. Folinsbee / Art Trust / A-251
2. (on top stretcher) Newman Galleries / John Folinsbee / “Train Yard” / 32” x 40” / Oil on Canvas / 17498c / (price)
Exhibitions
Literature
1). Cook, Peter G. John Folinsbee. New York: Kubaba Books, 1994, p. 96, color ill., (incorrect date in caption)
2). Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 256, catalogue entry 473
Condition
Very good. The painting is on an old lining and remains stable on the lining. Under UV there are a few localized areas of fluorescing in the lower right quadrant that read as possible in-painting, but in daylight they also correspond to what may be the artist’s reworking of certain passages.
