Shirley Goldfarb

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Shirley Goldfarb
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
Spouse(s)Gregory Masurovsky

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

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 , 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 . In 1994, a compilation of Goldfarb's journal entries were published under the title Carnets: Montparnasse 1971-1980.[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.[5]

Exhibitions[]

  • Shirley Goldfarb. Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, France. November 14, 1991 – January 8, 1992.
  • Shirley Goldfarb. Zabriskie Gallery, New York, N.Y. August 1-September 23, 2000.
  • Shirley Goldfarb: A Retrospective. Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, N.Y. April 25-June 8, 2013.[6]

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. ^ Goldfarb, Shirley; Sicard, Michel; Masurovsky, Gregory; Faure, Frédéric (1994). Carnets: Montparnasse 1971-1980 (in French). Paris: Quai Voltaire. ISBN 2876532042. OCLC 31691280.
  5. ^ Smith, Roberta (2000-09-08). "ART IN REVIEW; Shirley Goldfarb". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  6. ^ "Shirley Goldfarb". Catalogue (Loretta Howard Gallery). Retrieved 2017-09-29.
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