Shirley Goldfarb

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

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

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. 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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