Robert Goodnough
ROBERT GOODNOUGH "UPWARD LIFT MOVEMENT" 1985
Robert Goodnough (1917-2010) was an accomplished abstract American painter, renowned for his iconic compositions that featured confetti-like arrangements of polygons.
While tangentially associated with the Color Field painting, his earlier works were informed by Abstract Expressionisms bent towards gestural abstraction at its outset.
During the 1950s, Goodnough was influenced by competing artistic trends of the day to bridge Cubism and gestural abstraction. He was included in the highly influential 9th Street Art Exhibition, curated by Leo Castelli in 1951. Goodnough was in good company amongst Motherwell, de Kooning, Frankenthaller, and others. The show heralded a new direction for abstraction in America, and the associated artists were collectively referred to as "The New School," despite their obvious stylistic and ideological differences.
This painting is a fine example of Goodnough favoring a structured, geometric approach, after veering away from the loose and lyrical process of Abstract Expressionism. Perhaps implying a once solid surface, bunches of angular pastel shards are energetically arranged across this striking canvas.
There is a feeling of spontaneity and automatism in his forms, as they move side to side across a cream-colored canvas. The multicolored shards converge in the lower right above a teal base, evoking a sense of weight to the mass as a whole. Giving us a hint at direction with his title, Goodnough has orchestrated a synergistic scene that is vibrating with spirit.
During his career, Goodnough exhibited at the prestigious Tibor de Nagy and André Emmerich galleries. Today, his work can be found in numerous public collections including the MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and many more.
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"Upward Lift Movement"
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 1985
Signed on face, lower right
Signed, titled and dated verso
30”H 48”W (work)
Newly reframed, images coming soon.
Very good condition
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