Michael Goldberg (painter)
Michael Goldberg (born December 24, 1924 in New York City , New York , † December 30, 2007 there ) was an American painter and graphic artist . He is one of the most important representatives of the second generation of American Abstract Expressionism .
Life
Michael Goldberg studied from 1938 to 1942 and, after an interruption due to the Second World War , from 1946 to 1951 at the Art Students League of New York , among others with Hans Hofmann and Jose de Creeft . In addition to these teachers, his artistic development was also influenced by Robert Matta and Arshile Gorky . The decisive influence on his art was to be given by Willem de Kooning and his expressive color scheme. Goldberg's art received international attention from the 1950s. In 1959 he participated in documenta 2 in Kassel .
He was married to the sculptor Lynn Umlauf .
Works in collections and museums
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery , Buffalo , New York
- Baltimore Museum of Art
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk , Virginia
- De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
literature
- Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945. Catalog: Volume 1: Painting. Volume 2: Sculpture. Volume 3: Prints. Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959.
- Irving H. Sandler: The New York School: The Painters and Sculptors of the Fifties. Harper & Row, New York 1978, ISBN 0-06-438505-1 .
- Paul Schimmel: Action Precision: The New Direction In New York 1955-60. Newport Harbor Museum, 1984, ISBN 0-917493-00-1 .
- Irving H. Sandler: Abstract Expressionism in the United States . Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, AC, Mexico 1996.
- Marika Herskovic: American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey. New York School Press, New York 2003, ISBN 0-9677994-1-4 , pp. 138-141.
- Marika Herskovic: New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists. New York School Press, New York 2000, ISBN 0-9677994-0-6 , pp. 8, 16, 37, 150-153.
- David Anfam : Perpetual Motion: Michael Goldberg. University Art Museum, College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach 2010, OCLC 722392874 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldberg, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2007 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York , United States |