- Elias Goldberg
Elias Goldberg (1886–February 22, 1978), an American painter, was born inNew York City .Biography
From 1906-1909 Elias Goldberg studied with
George Bridgman at theArt Students League of New York .
In 1915 his illustration work published inThe Masses and in 1917 Elias Goldberg illustrated an English language version of "Souvenirs Entomologiques" by the Frenchentomologist Jean Henri Fabre .
In 1918 he was in the second annual exhibition of theSociety of Independent Artists .During the 1920s he was anillustrator for the Japan Paper Company and for Hal Marchbanks Press. It was during this period that he studied and painted in Europe and developed friendships withJules Pascin ,Man Ray andMarcel Duchamp .In 1935 he had his first one-man show at Another Place Gallery.In 1948 he had his first show at theCharles Egan Gallery and enjoyed friendships withWillem de Kooning andElaine de Kooning andJackson Pollock .In the 1950s, he befriended a younger generation of artists such asKnox Martin (a fellow artist in theCharles Egan Gallery ),Reuben Nakian ,Herman Rose ,Peter Golfinopoulos andJoseph Stapleton . [Knox Martin , "Elias Goldberg", Elias Goldberg Exhibition Catalogue, Janos Gat Gallery, 1999] In the 1960s he had a series of critically acclaimed one-man shows at theCharles Egan Gallery .In 1973 he received a grant from theMark Rothko Foundation.
Elias Goldberg died on February 22, 1978 inNew York City .Style
Elias Goldberg is best known for
cityscapes ,still lifes ,interiors , figures andlandscapes . He createdoil paintings ,watercolors ,drawings .
Most of his city paintings focus on the area of Washington Heights inUpper Manhattan , where he lived from 1945 on. [William H. Gerdts, "From Ashcan to Abstract: The Paintings of Elias Goldberg", Elias Goldberg Exhibition Catalogue, Janos Gat Gallery, 1999]Articles
*Lawrence Campbell, "Elias Goldberg Paints a Picture", ARTnews, 1963
*Rosalind Constable, "The Pissarro of Washington Heights", New York Magazine, July 1970
*William H. Gerdts, "From Ashcan to Abstract: The Paintings of Elias Goldberg", Elias Goldberg Exhibition Catalogue, Janos Gat Gallery, 1999
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Elaine de Kooning , "New York Without Tears: The Paintings of Elias Goldberg", Egan Gallery, 1948References
Additional references
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/index.cfm/fuseaction/OralHistories.ViewOralHistory/CollectionID/12110 Bruce Hooton 1965 Interview of Elias Goldberg at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art]
* [http://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/search.asp?Artist=Elias+Goldberg&Title=&Date=&Nationality=American&School= 9 works ofElias Goldberg , Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest at theHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ]
* [http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=5020681 AskArt Entry for Elias Goldberg]External links
* [http://www.janosgatgallery.com Janos Gat Gallery]
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