Shirley Goldfarb (August 4, 1925 – September 28, 1980) was an American painter and writer.

Biography

Goldfarb was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. In 1949, she moved to

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, where she received a scholarship to study at the

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from 1952-1953. She also studied in Woodstock, New York under the guidance of Nahum Tschachbasov, and at the

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. In 1954, Goldfarb moved to

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, where she spent the remainder of her life. She was the wife of artist

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. In 1994, a compilation of Goldfarb's journal entries were published under the title ''Carnets: Montparnasse 1971-1980''. Goldfarb was noted for her technique of applying spots of paint to her canvases with a palette knife, in the style of

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, with minimalist tendencies.

Exhibitions

* ''Shirley Goldfarb''. Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, France. November 14, 1991 – January 8, 1992. * Shirley Goldfarb. Zabriskie Gallery, New York, N.Y. August 1-September 23, 2000. * ''Shirley Goldfarb: A Retrospective''. Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, N.Y. April 25-June 8, 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldfarb, Shirley 1925 births 1980 deaths 20th-century American women artists Artists from Pennsylvania Art Students League of New York alumni People from Altoona, Pennsylvania Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni