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Michael Goldberg (
1924-12-24 –
2007-12-31) He was born in the
Bronx, New York. He was a major
abstract expressionist painter and
teacher known for his gestural
action paintings, abstractions and still-life paintings. His work was recently seen in September of 2007 in a solo exhibition at Knoedler & Company in
New York City.
Biography
A veteran of
World War II, Goldberg was one of the last few remaining survivors of the
New York School; he was sometimes referred to as a member of the second generation of
Abstract Expressionists, although he began exhibiting his
action paintings in important group shows in galleries in
New York City in the early 1950s. Goldberg began taking classes at the
Art Students League of New York at age 14. sometimes at The Eighth Street Club, a regular meeting place of modern artists working in and around Tenth Street in New York and sometimes at the
Cedar Bar. He began to exhibit his paintings in
New York City during the early 1950s, and some of his
abstract expressionist peers included artists like
Joan Mitchell,
Alfred Leslie,
Grace Hartigan,
Helen Frankenthaler,
Knox Martin,
Friedel Dzubas,
Norman Bluhm and
Sam Francis among others.
Michael Goldberg came into prominence in the late 1950s, early 1960s just as
Color field painting,
Hard-edge painting and
Pop Art emerged onto centerstage. With the changing of fashions in the art world; his greatest accomplishments as a painter weren't sufficiently recognized; and as many of his generation his work was overlooked for many years. Although by the 1970s and 1980s his work began to achieve recognition and appreciation and he enjoyed a long, successful and a celebrated career as an abstract painter. His work like others of the
abstract expressionist generation expressed a painterly integration of Western metaphysics and Eastern philosophy. Throughout his long career and into his mature years, he continued to teach, paint, and exhibit his work. His classes at the
School of Visual Arts were well attended by devoted students, and admirers. He lived with his wife and longtime companion, the painter Lynn Umlauf who also teaches at the
School of Visual Arts.
Goldberg's work is in the collections of the
Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
Buffalo, New York, the
Baltimore Museum of Art, the
Chrysler Museum of Art,
Norfolk, Virginia, the
Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis, the
Museum of Modern Art,
New York City, the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York, the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, DC, the
Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, Texas, the
Whitney Museum of American Art and many others. He died in
New York City of a heart attack he suffered while working in his studio.
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