Julia Goodman (; 12 November 1812 – 31 December 1906) was a British portrait painter.

Biography

The daughter of Simeon Kensington Salaman (b. 1789) and Alice Cowan, she was one of fourteen siblings and first studied painting under Robert Faulkner, himself a pupil of

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. In 1836 she married London

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, Louis Goodman (1811–1876). Her sister, Kate was an accomplished miniature painter. Julia Goodman was a student at

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and began her career by copying

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s and her works were much in demand. In 1835 she began exhibiting her original portraits at the

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and The Society of British Artists. Julia Goodman had seven children Edward (1836),

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(1838), Constance (1841), Arthur (1842), Robert (1845), Alice (1848), and Miriam (1850). Miriam was a well-known pianist of her day and graduated from the

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. Edward, a playwright and author of many novels and travel books, was on the editorial staff of

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for almost forty years and was the chairman of the

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committee. Walter was the acclaimed painter, illustrator and author. Julia Goodman died on New Year's Eve 1906 and is buried at

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in London.

Work

One of Goodman's earliest original works was a portrait of Mr. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. Other sitters included the

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(who founded the

), Sir George A. MacFarren,

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, Lady Martins,

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, Vere Lady Isham, the Hon. Mrs. Le Poer Tench, Countess Waldegrave,

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, Joaquin Cuadras (shown at the Exhibition of the Society of Female Artists in London in 1864), Colonel Thorpe of Guernsey, Colonel Thurburn, Charles Bertram, Miss Fanny Corbaux, Miss Beattie Kingston, Miss Kate Rorke, Dr. Van Oven, Dr. Francis Goldsmid, Henry Lemon, Rev. Dr. Lowy, Rev. Professor Marks, various members of the Mocatta family,

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, and

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. Other notable works that are documented are Abraham Soloman Esq. (Liverpool Society of Fine Arts, 1859), Sir F. L. Goldsmid, Bart. (Liverpool Society of Fine Arts, 1861), The Belle of the Ball (Liverpool Society of Fine Arts, 1862), T. Solamon Esq. (Liverpool Institute of Fine Arts, 1863), and Flora (Liverpool Institute of Fine Arts, 1865). The paintings Goodman exhibited at The Royal Academy are G. A. Beckett Esq. (1838), Miss Rosa Goodman (1841), Miss Minna Goodman (1842), Miss Fanny Corbaux (1844), B. Van Oven Esq. M.P.(1857), The Earl of Westmorland (1858), and Alice (1863). The portraits of George MacFarren and The Earl of Westmorland are in the collection of the

. Julia Goodman exhibited two paintings at The British Institution - A Young Cottager, in 1837, and Don Juan, in 1848. She is also known to have painted many other portraits of her family. Her final portrait was that of the Rev. Isidore Harris, which she painted at the age of 90. Julia Goodman herself estimated that she had painted more than one thousand portraits.Jewish Chronicle November 7th 1902. Page 13

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Julia Goodman's gravePortrait of Vere Lady IshamPortrait of John Fane, 11th Earl of WestmorlandPortrait of Sir George Alexander Macfarren
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