Frank M. Rines
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Frank March Rines was an American landscape painter and instructor born in Dover, New Hampshire
on June 3, 1892.
Rines attended the Eric Pape Art School from 1911 until graduation in 1914. Rines then attended the Fenway School of Illustration for one year and the Massachusetts Normal Art School (Massachusetts School of Art
) from 1915-1918.
Frank M. Rines moved to Boston
in 1922 and began his teaching career at the Massachusetts School of Art as an instructor in pencil technique and elementary drawing. Rines continued to teach there until 1941 and also taught at the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Massachusetts University, Boston University
and the Boston Center for Adult Education. Rines worked primarily with graphite
and watercolor
during his early years which continued through the late 1920s.
Rines spent his summers in Rockport, Massachusetts
from 1928 to 1941 where he taught and painted privately alongside other well-known artists such as Aldro Hibbard
. In 1932 Rines became a member of the Rockport Art Association
. In 1935, Rines became a founding member of the Rockport Art Galleries along with other well-known independent gallery owners, including William Lester Stevens, Joseph Eliot Enneking, Arthur J. Hammond, Marian Parkhust Sloane and Otis Pierce Cook, Jr. It was during this period that Rines began working primarily in oils
and pastel
s.
Rines authored and published five instructional drawing books, with his first, Drawing in Lead Pencil, initially published 1929.
Rines was a member of many American art organizations, including the Rockport Art Association, the North Shore Art Association
, the Washington Watercolor Club, the Marblehead Art Association and the Copley Society of Art
, of which he became the Director.
His works are in many museums, including the Fogg Art Museum
, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Hood Museum of Art
and the Library of Congress
.
Dover, New Hampshire
Dover is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, in the United States of America. The population was 29,987 at the 2010 census, the largest in the New Hampshire Seacoast region...
on June 3, 1892.
Rines attended the Eric Pape Art School from 1911 until graduation in 1914. Rines then attended the Fenway School of Illustration for one year and the Massachusetts Normal Art School (Massachusetts School of Art
Massachusetts School of Art
Massachusetts School of Art is an historic building at 364 Brookline Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.The building was constructed in 1929 and added to the National Historic Register in 1989.-References:...
) from 1915-1918.
Frank M. Rines moved to Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
in 1922 and began his teaching career at the Massachusetts School of Art as an instructor in pencil technique and elementary drawing. Rines continued to teach there until 1941 and also taught at the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Massachusetts University, Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
and the Boston Center for Adult Education. Rines worked primarily with graphite
Graphite
The mineral graphite is one of the allotropes of carbon. It was named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789 from the Ancient Greek γράφω , "to draw/write", for its use in pencils, where it is commonly called lead . Unlike diamond , graphite is an electrical conductor, a semimetal...
and watercolor
Watercolor painting
Watercolor or watercolour , also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle...
during his early years which continued through the late 1920s.
Rines spent his summers in Rockport, Massachusetts
Rockport, Massachusetts
Rockport is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,952 at the 2010 census. Rockport is located approximately 25 miles northeast of Boston at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula...
from 1928 to 1941 where he taught and painted privately alongside other well-known artists such as Aldro Hibbard
Aldro Hibbard
Aldro Thompson Hibbard was a prominent American plein air painter. He was born in Falmouth, MA, but lived most of his life in Rockport, MA. His depictions of snowy landscapes, particularly in Vermont are highly regarded...
. In 1932 Rines became a member of the Rockport Art Association
Rockport Art Association
Rockport Art Association is one of the oldest art associations in the United States. It started as an artist's cooperative and became a gathering place of New England artists of the 20th century. The artists Aldro Hibbard, Antonio Cirino, Paul Strisik, Anthony Thieme, W...
. In 1935, Rines became a founding member of the Rockport Art Galleries along with other well-known independent gallery owners, including William Lester Stevens, Joseph Eliot Enneking, Arthur J. Hammond, Marian Parkhust Sloane and Otis Pierce Cook, Jr. It was during this period that Rines began working primarily in oils
Oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...
and pastel
Pastel
Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....
s.
Rines authored and published five instructional drawing books, with his first, Drawing in Lead Pencil, initially published 1929.
Rines was a member of many American art organizations, including the Rockport Art Association, the North Shore Art Association
North Shore Art Association
The North Shore Art Association of East Gloucester, Massachusetts is one of the oldest art associations in the United States. Founded in 1922, it was the gathering place of some of the great American Artists of the 20th century....
, the Washington Watercolor Club, the Marblehead Art Association and the Copley Society of Art
Copley Society of Art
The Copley Society of art is America's oldest non-profit art association. It was founded in 1879 by the first graduating class of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and continues to play an important role in promoting its member artists and the visual arts in Boston...
, of which he became the Director.
His works are in many museums, including the Fogg Art Museum
Fogg Art Museum
The Fogg Museum, opened to the public in 1896, is the oldest of Harvard University's art museums. The Fogg joins the Busch-Reisinger Museum and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum as part of the Harvard Art Museums....
, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Hood Museum of Art
Hood Museum of Art
The Hood Museum of Art is a museum in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Dating back to 1772, the museum is owned and operated by Dartmouth College and is connected to the Hopkins Center for the Arts. The current building, designed by Charles Willard Moore and Chad Flloyd, opened in the fall of 1985. It...
and the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
.