Shirley Goldfarb

Shirley Goldfarb (August 4, 1925 – September 28, 1980) was an American painter and writer.[1]

Shirley Goldfarb
Goldfarb circa 1970, Paris, France
Born(1925-08-04)August 4, 1925
Altoona, Pennsylvania
DiedSeptember 28, 1980(1980-09-28) (aged 55)
Paris
NationalityAmerican
EducationSkowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
SpouseGregory Masurovsky

Biography

Goldfarb was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. In 1949, she moved to New York City, where she received a scholarship to study at the Art Students League of New York[2] from 1952-1953. She also studied in Woodstock, New York under the guidance of Nahum Tschachbasov, and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. In 1954, Goldfarb moved to Paris, where she spent the remainder of her life.[3] She was the wife of artist Gregory Masurovsky.[4] The couple were the subject of a 1974 David Hockney painting entitled Shirley Goldfarb + Gregory Masurovsky.[5]

In 1994, a compilation of Goldfarb's journal entries were published under the title Carnets: Montparnasse 1971-1980.[6] In 1997 the National Museum of Women in the Arts held a retrospective of her work.[7] In 2000 the Zabriskie Gallery in New York held an exhibition of her work.[8] In 2013 the Loretta Howard Gallery held a retrospective of her work.[9] In 2016 her biography was included in the exhibition catalogue Women of Abstract Expressionism organized by the the Denver Art Museum.[4]

Goldfarb was noted for her technique of applying spots of paint to her canvases with a palette knife, in the style of abstract expressionism, with minimalist tendencies.[10]

Goldfarb's work is in the collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art,[11] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[12] the Museum of Modern Art,[13] and the Norton Simon Museum,[14]

References
  1. "Shirley Goldfarb, 1925-1980 [Folder] | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  2. "Shirley Goldfarb: A Retrospective | Loretta Howard Gallery". www.lorettahoward.com. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  3. "Shirley Goldfarb - An American in Paris". RTE.ie. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  4. Marter, Joan M. (2016). Women of abstract expressionism. Denver New Haven: Denver Art Museum Yale University Press. p. 178. ISBN 9780300208429.
  5. "Shirley Goldfarb + Gregory Masurovsky". SFMOMA. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  6. Goldfarb, Shirley; Sicard, Michel; Masurovsky, Gregory; Faure, Frédéric (1994). Carnets: Montparnasse 1971-1980 (in French). Paris: Quai Voltaire. ISBN 2876532042. OCLC 31691280.
  7. "Exhibition History (1987–2024)" (PDF). National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  8. Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: Shirley Goldfarb". New York Times. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  9. "Shirley Goldfarb". Catalogue (Loretta Howard Gallery). Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  10. Smith, Roberta (2000-09-08). "ART IN REVIEW; Shirley Goldfarb". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  11. "Shirley Goldfarb". Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  12. "Blue and Blue, Shirley Goldfarb". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  13. "Shirley Goldfarb". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  14. "Goldfarb, Shirley (American, 1925-1980)". Norton Simon Museum. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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