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Robert Arthur Goodnough

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Robert Arthur Goodnough (1917 - 2010) was active/lived in New York.  Robert Goodnough is known for Abstract expressionist genre-views, non objective, collage.

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 "Robert Goodnough, Painter Who Eluded Categories, Dies at 92", By William Grimes. New York Times ( October 12, 2010)

Robert Goodnough, a painter whose stylistic evolution from vibrant, Cubist-inspired abstractions to Color Field canvases made him one of the least definable members of the second-generation Abstract Expressionists, died on Oct. 2 in White Plains.  He was 92 and lived in Thornwood, N.Y.

The cause was complications of pneumonia, said Eric Brown, a partner at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery.

In a career that lasted more than half a century, Mr. Goodnough (pronounced GOOD-now) eluded the neat categories that art critics relied on to codify the work of the Abstract Expressionists.  He moved among the second-generation members of the school but at the same time stood apart, and his work — kinetic, calligraphic dashes of primary colors in his early career, and subtle pastels beginning in the 1970s — often flirted with figuration.

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   Publications  Book References:  58
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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Robert Arthur Goodnough
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews Reviews National November 2004 Editors, ARTnews Yes
58 Book References for Robert Arthur Goodnough
Year Author Title Pages Color
2009 Herskovic, Marika American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless 252 Yes
2006 Dantzic, Cynthia Maris 100 New York Painters 224 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2001 Wilkin, Karen and Bruce Guenther Clement Greenburg: A Critic's Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
2000 Herskovic, Marika New York School: Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists 393 Yes
2000 Skold, Stacey (compiler) Art Enterprises: Selections from the Collection 195 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1991 Greenberg, Clement Robert Goodnough Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)		 20 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1988 Columbus Museum of Art The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art 271 Yes
1988 Schimmel, Paul The Figurative Fifties New York Figurative Expressionism
(Exhibition catalog)		 195 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Love, Richard Goodnough
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 Yes
1987 Sandler, Irving The Empire State Collection Art for the Public 214 Yes
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Rose Art Museum Rose Art Museum Selected 20th Century Paintings 147 Yes
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1984 DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How 320 No
1982 Bush, Martin H Goodnough 260 Yes
1982 Contemporary Arts Museum The Americans/The Collage
(Exhibition catalog)		 143 Yes
1981 Lieberman, William (editor) An American Choice Muriel Kallis Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 167 Yes
1981 Myers, John Bernard Tracking the Marvelous A Life in the New York Art World 285 No
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1978 Sandler, Irving The New York School The Painters & Sculptors of the Fifties 366 Yes
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Enders, Gaetana Eighteen Contemporary Masters (United States Embassy, Ottawa) 23 Yes
1977 Shepard, Lewis A; David Paley, Frank Trapp American Art at Amherst: A Summary Catalogue of the Collection At the Mead Art Gallery Amherst College
(Exhibition catalog)		 252 Yes
1977 Whitney Museum Lawrence H Bloedel Bequest Selections and Related Works 56 No
1976 Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay) Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum
(Exhibition catalog)		 270 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Everson Museum of Art Robert Goodnough
(Exhibition catalog)		 17 Yes
1973 Bush, Martin H/K Moffett Goodnough (Robert Goodnough)
(Exhibition catalog)		 107 Yes
1973 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1973 927 No
1967 Janis, Harriet/Rudi Blesh Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques 342 No
1965 Whitney Museum A Decade of American Drawings 8th Exhibition Sponsored by Friends
(Exhibition catalog)		 52 No
1962 Guest, Barbara/B H Friedman Goodnough 64 Yes
1962 Weller, Allen S/Lee Nordness Art U S A Now (2 volumes) 474 Yes
1961 E.G. Poindexter; Frank O'Hara The Poindexter Collection of Contemporary American Art (Montana Historical Society) 30 No
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1961 Seitz, William C The Art of Assemblage
(Exhibition catalog)		 176 Yes
1960 Walker Art Center 60 American Painters 1960 Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Fifties
(Exhibition catalog)		 78 Yes
1959 Friedman, B H School of New York Some Younger Artists 84 Yes
1958 Baur, John I H Nature in Abstraction Relation to Nature in 20th Century Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 Yes
1957 Seuphor, Michel Dictionary of Abstract Painting with a History of Abstract Painting 305 Yes
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