Ralph Goings

Ralph Goings

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name = Ralph Goings


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caption = "Ralph's Diner" (1982), Oil on canvas
Example of Photorealist Ralph Goings work
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birthdate = 1928
location = Corning, California
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nationality = American
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Ralph Goings (May 9, 1928 in Corning, California) is an American painter closely associated with the Photorealism movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He is best known for his highly detailed paintings of hamburger stands, pick-up trucks, and California banks, portrayed in a deliberately objective manner.

Goings studied art at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.

"In 1963 I wanted to start painting again but I decided I wasn't going to do abstract pictures. It occurred to me that I should go as far to the opposite as I could. ... It occurred to me that projecting and tracing the photograph instead of copying it freehand would be even more shocking. To copy a photograph literally was considered a bad thing to do. It went against all of my art school training... some people were upset by what I was doing and said 'it's not art, it can't possibly be art'. That gave me encouragement in a perverse way, because I was delighted to be doing something that was really upsetting people... I was having a hell of a lot of fun..."

External links

* [http://www.okharris.com/previous/prev1/pressa.htm Ralph Goings at the OK Harris Gallery]
* [http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=737&aid=7119 Ralph Goings at Artnet]
* [http://www.ralphlgoings.com/ Artist's website]


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