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Robert Goodnough Art

American, 1917-2010
Though he is often grouped with the Abstract Expressionists, Robert Goodnough’s style incorporates representational forms that work against the abstract dogmas set by this movement. In this painting, Goodnough’s use of abstract shapes and primary colors are simple in concept, but complicated in their overlapping and varying sizes. This work has been exhibited at the Wittenborn Gallery in 1950, The Whitney Museum of American Art in 1957, the Museum of Modern Art in 1969, the National Academy in 2007, and Bowdoin College Museum of Art in 2009.
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Artist: Robert Goodnough
Upward Lift Movement
Upward Lift Movement

Upward Lift Movement

By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Robert Goodnough (1917-2010) was an accomplished abstract American painter, renowned for his iconic compositions that featured confetti-like arrangements of polygons. While tangenti...

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1980s Abstract Robert Goodnough Art

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Oil, Acrylic

Squares - Color Field Painting - like Mondrian
Squares - Color Field Painting - like Mondrian

Squares - Color Field Painting - like Mondrian

By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010

Located in Miami, FL

Squares is a bridge between Mondrian and the Hard-edge abstraction movement. Clearly, this is a very early work because the artist has not yet found his mature style. The flat squares of uneven proportion, are in a formal but off-axis vertical /horizontal grid structure. Perhaps it's the artists take on a "drunk Mondrian" where the squares stumble to align themselves. Each square shape is different in shape and color and with visible brushstrokes and light impasto. Look carefully at the gray squares. They all have a slightly different hue. The squares are all unique individuals and not a repetition To Goodnough this was his departure from his influencer. Squares show the influence of his teachers including Hans Hofman...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Robert Goodnough Art

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Oil

Motion II
Motion II

Motion II

By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010

Located in New York, NY

Motion II was painted between 1980 and 1981, when Goodnough was in his mid-sixties and at the height of the collage influenced style he had developed through the 1970s. A large const...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Goodnough Art

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Oil, Acrylic

"Untitled Abstract" Abstract Expressionist, Color Field, Black & White, Colors
"Untitled Abstract" Abstract Expressionist, Color Field, Black & White, Colors

"Untitled Abstract" Abstract Expressionist, Color Field, Black & White, Colors

By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010

Located in Detroit, MI

"Untitled Abstract" is by the American painter, Robert Goodnough, known for calligraphy-like markings circa 1960s. Though he was associated with the Abstract Expressionists, Goodnoug...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Robert Goodnough Art

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Patinated Metal Assemblage Sculpture Steel, Nuts, Bolts
Abstract Expressionist Patinated Metal Assemblage Sculpture Steel, Nuts, Bolts

Abstract Expressionist Patinated Metal Assemblage Sculpture Steel, Nuts, Bolts

By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010

Located in Surfside, FL

Robert Arthur Goodnough (AMERICAN, 1917-2010) Untitled patina on steel with nuts and bolts Robert Goodnough (October 23, 1917 – October 2, 2010) was an American abstract express...

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Goodnough Art

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Metal

Huge Untitled Painted Metal Assemblage Sculpture, aluminum with nuts and bolts
Huge Untitled Painted Metal Assemblage Sculpture, aluminum with nuts and bolts

Huge Untitled Painted Metal Assemblage Sculpture, aluminum with nuts and bolts

By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010

Located in Surfside, FL

Robert Arthur Goodnough (AMERICAN, 1917-2010) Untitled oil on aluminum with nuts and bolts Provenance: Christie's Auction House from the estate of William F. Buckley and Patricia ...

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Goodnough Art

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"Colors with Gray" acrylic and oil on linen painting by artist Robert Goodnough
"Colors with Gray" acrylic and oil on linen painting by artist Robert Goodnough

"Colors with Gray" acrylic and oil on linen painting by artist Robert Goodnough

By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010

Located in Boca Raton, FL

"Colors with Gray" acrylic and oil on linen abstract painting by artist Robert Goodnough. Signed "Colors with Gray" goodnough 1976-1977 acrylic + oil goodnough 76' - '77 48 x 48 on b...

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1970s Abstract Robert Goodnough Art

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Linen, Oil, Acrylic

L-7 Abstract Expressionist Painting, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 1990
L-7 Abstract Expressionist Painting, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 1990

L-7 Abstract Expressionist Painting, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 1990

By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010

Located in New York, NY

Robert Goodnough (American, October 23, 1917 – October 2, 2010) Title: "L-7" Acrylic and Oil on canvas 46 x 68 inches Signed lower Right Signed and dated 1990 on reverse

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Goodnough Art

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

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Self Portrait L-G Robert Goodnough, American (1917–2010) Date: 1994 Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, signed bottom right, signed, dated, and titled verso Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)...

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The Chief I, Cubist Lithograph by Robert Goodnough

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