Composition
Dublin Core
Title
Composition
Subject
Oil Painting
Description
Abstract
Oil on linen
School of Paris
Henri Goetz was born in New York in 1909 and arrived in Paris in 1930. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1949. Goetz had 32 one-man exhibitions in Europe. He is well known for his work in pastel and engraving as in painting. He started as a surrealist painter and developed into one of the foremost in abstraction. All of his work is done from nature, he made his sketches on the spot and then did the painting or pastel. In 1947, Alain Resnais did a film on him. He was a highly respected teacher as well, having two academies in Paris and being professor at the American School in Fontainebleau. He is represented at the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Museum of Grenoble. Museum of Eliat. Museum of Newark (NJ). Museum of St. Etienne. Museum of San Diego (CA).
Old Accession Number:SL-2D-Goetz-1
Signature: LL
Oil on linen
School of Paris
Henri Goetz was born in New York in 1909 and arrived in Paris in 1930. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1949. Goetz had 32 one-man exhibitions in Europe. He is well known for his work in pastel and engraving as in painting. He started as a surrealist painter and developed into one of the foremost in abstraction. All of his work is done from nature, he made his sketches on the spot and then did the painting or pastel. In 1947, Alain Resnais did a film on him. He was a highly respected teacher as well, having two academies in Paris and being professor at the American School in Fontainebleau. He is represented at the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Museum of Grenoble. Museum of Eliat. Museum of Newark (NJ). Museum of St. Etienne. Museum of San Diego (CA).
Old Accession Number:SL-2D-Goetz-1
Signature: LL
Creator
Henri Goetz (1909-1989)
Source
Gift from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman
Date
1980
Relation
One of 21 Oil Paintings in the Silverman Collection (1980.8.1 - 1980.8.21)
Format
25.5 x 21
Identifier
1980.8.6
Files
Collection
Citation
Henri Goetz (1909-1989), “Composition,” LLB Galleries, accessed November 20, 2024, https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/items/show/195.