Suzanne Goldberg

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Suzanne Goldberg
crop of self portrait
Born1940
Auckland, New Zealand
Died1999
EducationElam School of Fine Arts
Known forpainting
Notable workLandscape (1964), Life (1960), BDG No 1
MovementAbstract
AwardsQueen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant
Patron(s)Barry Lett

Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999) was a New Zealand painter, born in Auckland, New Zealand.[1]

Education[edit]

Goldberg graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1961 with honours and awarded the Joe Raynes Scholarship in her final year.[2] At Elam, she studied alongside Don Binney, Michael Smither, Lynley Dodd, Greer Twiss, Malcolm Warr, and Graham Percy.[3]

In 1965 she received a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant which allowed her to travel to the United Kingdom and attend the Hornsey College of Art.[2]

Career[edit]

Goldberg's paintings combined approaches to abstract and representational art. She experimented with painting techniques and effects including washing paint off with turpentine; a process called decalcomania (also used by the Surrealists), in which paper is used to apply paint by taking impressions from paint layered on board.[4]

Known for landscapes of New Zealand, Goldberg has also painted portraits. Well known works include Landscape (1964),[5] Life (1960)[6] and BDG No 1 (1969).[7] Her paintings of birds were featured in James McNeish's book An Albatross Too Many.[8]

Exhibitions[edit]

In 1961, Goldberg exhibited with The Group,[9][10] an informal art association from Christchurch, New Zealand, that formed to provide a freer alternative to the Canterbury Society of Arts. Goldberg's first solo show was in 1962, an exhibition entitled "Two New Names" (also exhibiting with Pat Hanly).[2] In 1963, three of her paintings were included in the Auckland City Art Gallery's Contemporary New Zealand Painting exhibition.[11] She was one of fifteen New Zealand artists to have their work selected for the 1965 Commonwealth exhibition in London.[2] Goldberg also exhibited at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[1] In 1999 the Dowse Museum, in Lower Hutt, hosted a major retrospective of Goldberg's art.[2]

Fellow artist Barry Lett promoted her work, including her in exhibitions at the Barry Lett Galleries.[12]

Collections[edit]

Several different places have kept designs that she made.[13] Pieces by Goldberg are owned by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland Art Gallery,University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington, the Ford Motor Company and New Zealand consulates in Washington, Tokyo, New York and Canberra.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Suzanne Goldberg". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Goldberg. Suzanne | Bright-Life Gallery". bright-life-gallery.co.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ Jackson, Penelope (14 March 2011). "Telling the tale of Hairy's creator". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Art Collection > "King Country"". artcollection.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Landscape". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Life". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Object: BDG No 1 | Collections Online – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. ^ McNeish, James (1998). An Albatross Too Many: A Sequel to As for the Godwits. David Ling. ISBN 9780908990559.
  9. ^ "The Group 1927 – 1977: an annotated bibliography – Heritage – Christchurch City Libraries". christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Contemporary New Zealand painting". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Major influence on Auckland's Queen St art scene dies aged 77". Stuff. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Goldberg. Suzanne | Bright-Life Gallery". bright-life-gallery.co.nz. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

Further reading[edit]

Artist files for Susan Goldberg are held at:

Also see:

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