Michael Goldberg Art
American, 1924-2007
Michael Goldberg, a second generation Abstract Expressionist painter known for his action-packed, gestural canvases, went through several phases that included monochromatic works of red and then black, bands of white on black, caligraphic images and bright bands of color hinting of architectural forms. Ever aligned with Abstract Expressionism which he described in 2001 as "still the primary visual challenge of our time", he later shrugged off the designation saying "labels come and go". (Glueck)
He was also an art educator who taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1961 to 1962; Yale University in 1967; and the University of Minnesota in 1968. He and his artist wife, Lynn Umlauf, both taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York city.
Goldberg was born in 1924 in the Bronx of New York City. His studies at the Art Students League, 1938-1942, were interrupted by World War II where he served as a paratrooper in North Africa and Burma, making eighty jumps behind Japanese lines.
Returning to New York, he studied with Jose de Creeft and Hans Hofmann, and Hoffman remained a strong influence. He was also influenced by Roberto Matta and Arshile Gorky, but it was Willem de Kooning, and his use of fiery brush-work and explosive color, who would prove to be Goldberg's greatest influence. Beginning 1980, he spent five months of each year in Tuscany, Italy on an estate near Siena. In his studio there, he created many of his signature paintings done with oil sticks pressed directly onto canvas. He described these as quasi grids, "patchy squares of color intersected at random by strong diagonals." (Glueck)
Goldberg participated in the dealer Leo Castelli’s ground- breaking Ninth Street Show in 1951, which included works by Mitchell, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Motherwell; “he seemed to embody the attitudes shared by the artists of that group,” said Richard Kalina of Goldberg (“Michael Goldberg 1924–2007.” Art in America, March 2008). Two years later Goldberg received his first solo show at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery. In 1955, Goldberg befriended fellow Abstract Expressionist painter Norman Bluhm, which proved to be a fateful meeting. In 1956, Bluhm brought art collector Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to Goldberg’s studio, and Chrysler purchased 17 of his paintings. With new interest in his work, Goldberg caught the eye of art dealer Martha Jackson and was soon represented by her gallery.(Biography provided by Peyton Wright Gallery)
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Artist: Michael Goldberg
"Untitled" Lyrical, Colorist, Abstract, Color Field Blue Pastel on Paper
By Michael Goldberg
Located in New York, NY
Michael Goldberg
Untitled, 1969
Signed and dated lower right
Pastel on paper
8 x 8 inches
Born December 24, 1924, in New York City, Michael Goldberg continued to live and work in M...
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1960s Abstract Michael Goldberg Art
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Paper, Pastel
"Untitled" 1970s Color Field Pastel on Paper, Abstract Blue Composition
By Michael Goldberg
Located in New York, NY
Michael Goldberg
Untitled, 1974
Signed and dated lower right
Watercolor on paper
15 x 11 inches
Born December 24, 1924, in New York City, Michael Goldberg continued to live and wor...
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1970s Abstract Michael Goldberg Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled
By Michael Goldberg
Located in Austin, TX
Oil, pastel, and paper collage on canvas. Signed and dated verso.
52.75 x 47.75 in.
54 x 49 in. (framed)
Gilded floater frame.
Provenance
Compass Rose, Chicago
Born Sylvan Irwin Goldberg in 1924 and raised in the Bronx, Michael Goldberg was an important figure in American Abstract Expressionism, who began taking art classes at the Art Students League in 1938. A gifted student, Goldberg finished high school at the age of 14 and enrolled in City College. He soon found New York’s jazz scene to be a more compelling environment, and he began skipping classes in favor of the Harlem jazz clubs near campus. Goldberg’s love of jazz would become a lifelong passion and a key component to his approach to composition in his paintings.
From 1940 to 1942, like many of the leading artists of the New York School, Goldberg studied with Hans Hofmann. In 1943, he put his pursuit of painting on hold and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Serving in North Africa, Burma, and India, Goldberg received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star before being discharged in 1946. After his service, he traveled and worked in Venezuela before returning to the United States, settling back in New York and resuming studies with Hofmann and at the Art Students League.
Living downtown and frequenting the Cedar Bar, Goldberg befriended many of the artists of the New York School. In 1951, his work was included in the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show, co-organized by Leo Castelli, Conrad Marca-Relli, and the Eighth Street Club, and featuring the work of - among others - Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. In 1953, the Tibor de Nagy...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg Art
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Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Handmade Paper
Abstract Papercast by Michael Goldberg 1975
By Michael Goldberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique papercast work by American Abstract artist Michael Goldberg, American (1924–2007).
Date: 1975
Pigmented cast paper, signed and dat...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg Art
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Handmade Paper
Abstract Papercast by Michael Goldberg 1977
By Michael Goldberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Michael Goldberg, American (1924 - 2007)
Title: Untitled II
Year: 1977
Medium: Papercast, signed and dated verso
Size: 25 in. x 29 in. (63.5 cm x 73.66 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg Art
Materials
Handmade Paper
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