Ralph Goings is considered to be one of the most skilled artists of the photo-realist movement. He received his undergraduate degree in art at the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland... Read full biography
Ralph Goings is considered to be one of the most skilled artists of the photo-realist movement. He received his undergraduate degree in art at the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland California. In 1966, Goings attended Sacramento State University and got a Masters degree in Fine Art.... Read full biography
Ralph Goings is considered to be one of the most skilled artists of the photo-realist movement. He received his undergraduate degree in art at the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland California. In 1966, Goings attended Sacramento State University and got a Masters degree in Fine Art. His experience there spawned his realistic approach to painting. Goings traveled around California taking photographs of pick-up trucks which he would later use for the basis of his paintings. Once... Read full biography
Ralph Goings is considered to be one of the most skilled artists of the photo-realist movement. He received his undergraduate degree in art at the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland California. In 1966, Goings attended Sacramento State University and got a Masters degree in Fine Art. His experience there spawned his realistic approach to painting. Goings traveled around California taking photographs of pick-up trucks which he would later use for the basis of his paintings. Once he selected the image he wanted to use, he would project the slide onto a canvas and pencil in the lines and details. The photograph would eventually be transformed into a painting but with more detail and clarity than the human eye could see in real... Read full biography
Ralph Goings is considered to be one of the most skilled artists of the photo-realist movement. He received his undergraduate degree in art at the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland California. In 1966, Goings attended Sacramento State University and got a Masters degree in Fine Art. His experience there spawned his realistic approach to painting. Goings traveled around California taking photographs of pick-up trucks which he would later use for the basis of his paintings. Once he selected the image he wanted to use, he would project the slide onto a canvas and pencil in the lines and details. The photograph would eventually be transformed into a painting but with more detail and clarity than the human eye could see in real life. The end result would have a painted surface but without pronounced brush strokes giving the painting a texturally "real" effect,... Read full biography
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About Ralph Goings: Books
Books & Publications (62)
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Photorealism in the Digital Age:
2013
Meisel, Louis K.
320 pages (color)
Kirk Pedersen: Urban Asia (Hardcover / Edition 1000)
2009
Pagel, David; Jeff Brouws
160 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Photorealism at the Millennium
2003
Meisel, Louis & Chase, L
224 pages (color)
California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last
231 pages (color)
Third Annual Realism Invitational (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Failing, Patricia
0 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
Trompe l'oeil: The Art of Deception (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Dawson, Nancy
6 pages (color)
Visual Arts in the 20th Century
1997
Lucie-Smith, Edward
400 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
American Realism
1994
Lucie-Smith, Edward
240 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Photorealism Since 1980
1993
Meisel, Louis K
368 pages (color)
Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970
1992
Seitz, William C
250 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Word As Image American Art 1960-1990 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel
172 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
American Realist Painting 1945-1980
1989
Ward, John L
431 pages
Ralph Goings
1988
Chase, Linda
120 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
A Concise History of Modern Painting
1988
Read, Herbert
418 pages (color)
Transformation of the Avant-Garde The New York Art World 1940-1985
1987
Crane, Diana
194 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
American Watercolors
1986
Finch, Christopher
312 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
The Sturman Collection Twentieth-Century Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Karp, Ivan (intro)
44 pages (color)
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
The American West The Modern Vision
1984
Broder, Patricia Janis
345 pages (color)
The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984
DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones
320 pages
Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition
1984
Lucie-Smith, Edward
288 pages (color)
California Museums The Los Angeles Times Book of
1984
Wilson, William
288 pages (color)
American Still Life 1945-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Cathcart, Linda L
144 pages (color)
The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections (Exhibition catalog)