Sidney Goodman was born in 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved national recognition shortly after earning a degree in illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1958. Since 1960... Read full biography
Sidney Goodman was born in 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved national recognition shortly after earning a degree in illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1958. Since 1960 he has supported himself by teaching, first at the Philadelphia College of Art and beginning in 1979,... Read full biography
Sidney Goodman was born in 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved national recognition shortly after earning a degree in illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1958. Since 1960 he has supported himself by teaching, first at the Philadelphia College of Art and beginning in 1979, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Goodman played an important role for artists seeking humanist and/or realist alternatives to the ideals and imperatives of 20th century abstraction. The... Read full biography
Sidney Goodman was born in 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved national recognition shortly after earning a degree in illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1958. Since 1960 he has supported himself by teaching, first at the Philadelphia College of Art and beginning in 1979, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Goodman played an important role for artists seeking humanist and/or realist alternatives to the ideals and imperatives of 20th century abstraction. The history of his art can be divided into three periods: 1) an expressionistic painter of humanist angst, 2) then a turn-back toward realism and 3) finally, a shift toward allegory and expressionism. Written and submitted September 2004 by Jean Ershler... Read full biography
Sidney Goodman was born in 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved national recognition shortly after earning a degree in illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1958. Since 1960 he has supported himself by teaching, first at the Philadelphia College of Art and beginning in 1979, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Goodman played an important role for artists seeking humanist and/or realist alternatives to the ideals and imperatives of 20th century abstraction. The history of his art can be divided into three periods: 1) an expressionistic painter of humanist angst, 2) then a turn-back toward realism and 3) finally, a shift toward allegory and expressionism. Written and submitted September 2004 by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Sources include: . 'Portraits and Portents' by Ken Johnson in "A... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (44)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
The Art of Watercolor (Revised Edition)
1994
LeClair, Charles
144 pages
Master Paintings from the Butler Institute of American Art
1994
Sweetkind, Irene/W H Gerdts
372 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
American Realist Painting 1945-1980
1989
Ward, John L
431 pages
The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art
1988
Columbus Museum of Art
271 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Collected Essays on 101 Art Works From the Permanent Collection, Wichita Art Musem
1988
Wooden, Howard E
212 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Realism Today: American Drawings from the Rita Rich Collection National Academy of Design (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Dobkin, John (Preface); John I.H. Baer, (Essay)
120 pages (color)
Modern American Realism The Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Mecklenburg, Virginia
148 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Twentieth Century American Drawin The Figure in Context (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Cummings, Paul
144 pages
Twentieth Century American Drawin from the Arkansas Arts Center (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Glover, John/Townsend Wolfe
95 pages
Perspectives on Contemporary American Realism (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Goodyear, Frank H
91 pages (color)
Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
1981
Goodyear, Frank H, Jr.
255 pages (color)
Realist Drawings & Watercolors Contemporary American Works on Papers
1980
Arthur, John
144 pages (color)
American Figure Painting 1950-198 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Styron, Thomas W
115 pages (color)
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
8 Contemporary American Realists (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Goodyear, Frank H
62 pages (color)
Lawrence H Bloedel Bequest Selections and Related Works
1977
Whitney Museum
56 pages
American Drawings The 20th Century
1976
Cummings, Paul
207 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art Philadelphia Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Marcus, George H. (Editor)
166 pages (color)
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Things Seen
1974
Geske, Norman
115 pages (color)
Sense of Place: The Artist and the American Land (Volumes I and II)
1972
Gussow, Alan
160 pages (color)
Human Concern/Personal Torment The Grotesque in American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Doty, Robert
72 pages (color)
The American Sense of Reality (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Philbrook Art Center
56 pages
Realism Now (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Vassar College Art Gallery
46 pages
Drawings/Recent Acquisitions Museum of Modern Art/New York
1967
Lieberman, William S
48 pages
North Carolina Collects (loan exhibition N Carolina owned) (Exhibition catalog)
1967
North Carolina Museum of Art
192 pages
Young America 1965 Thirty American Artists Under 35 (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Goodrich, Lloyd
60 pages
A Decade of American Drawings 8th Exhibition Sponsored by Friends (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Whitney Museum
52 pages
Forty Artists under Forty From the Whitney Museum of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1962
Goodrich, Lloyd/Edward Bryant
48 pages (color)
Recent Painting U S A / The Figur (Exhibition catalog)