Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Tri-Kappa |
Catalog Number |
1999.001.093 |
Title |
February First |
Artist |
Rigley, Frederick W. |
Object Name |
painting |
Date |
1966 |
Description |
FEBRUARY FIRST Hoosier Salon 1967 Frederick W. Rigley (1914-2009) Watercolor, 29 X 21.5 |
Provenance |
Purchased from the Hoosier Salon in 1967. The original sketch of the watercolor was done during a February blizzard in Nashville. Rigley took his station wagon bus, parked it on Main Street looking toward the four main corners and worked inside with the heater and windshield wipers going. The building on the left is the Brown County Art Guild, where Tri Kappa formerly housed their permanent collection. The painting is a transparent watercolor, no body color was used, and some of the small lights were scratched through to the white paper. He was a landscape painter and teacher, and owned an art supply store in Nashville. He studied privately, attending school at Ringling School of Art (Florida) and majored in sculpturing as a scholarship student. His lengthy studies in New York, Massachusetts and Sarasota prepared him to fulfill a most demanding teaching schedule in Brown County in the spring, summer and fall as well as one-man shows and demonstrations. Often a first prize winner, the artist served as president of the Brown County Art Guild. |
Medium |
watercolor on paper |
Dimensions |
H-20.75 W-28.75 inches |
Catalog date |
1999-12-13 |