Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999) was a New Zealand painter, born in

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Education

Goldberg graduated from

Elam School of Fine Arts The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded by John Edward Elam, is part of the University of Auckland Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. It offered the first Bachelor of ...

in 1961 with honours and awarded th
Joe Raynes Scholarship
in her final year. At Elam, she studied alongside

Don Binney Donald Hall Binney (24 March 1940 – 14 September 2012) was a New Zealand painter, best known for his paintings of birds. Biography Born and raised in Auckland, Binney was educated in Parnell, Auckland, taking classes with John Weeks ...

, Michael Smither, Lynley Dodd, Greer Twiss, Malcolm Warr, and Graham Percy. In 1965 she received a ''Queen Elizabeth'' II ''Arts Council Grant'' which allowed her to travel to the United Kingdom and attend the

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Career

Goldberg's paintings combined approaches to abstract and

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. She experimented with painting techniques and effects including washing paint off with turpentine; a process called

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(also used by the

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), in which paper is used to apply paint by taking impressions from paint layered on board. Known for landscapes of New Zealand, Goldberg has also painted portraits. Well known works include ''Landscape'' (1964), ''Life'' (1960) and ''BDG No 1'' (1969). Her paintings of birds were featured in James McNeish's book ''An Albatross Too Many''.

Exhibitions

In 1961, Goldberg exhibited with '' The Group,'' an informal art association from

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, New Zealand, that formed to provide a freer alternative to the Canterbury Society of Arts. Goldberg's first solo show was in 1962, an exhibition entitled "''Two New Names''" (also exhibiting with Pat Hanly). In 1963, three of her paintings were included in the Auckland City Art Gallery's Contemporary New Zealand Painting exhibition. She was one of fifteen New Zealand artists to have their work selected for the 1965 Commonwealth exhibition in London. Goldberg also exhibited at the

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. In 1999 the Dowse Museum, in

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, hosted a major retrospective of Goldberg's art. Fellow artist Barry Lett promoted her work, including her in exhibitions at the

Barry Lett Galleries Barry Lett Galleries was a dealer gallery focused on contemporary New Zealand art that operated in Auckland in the 1960s and 1970s. History Barry Lett Galleries was opened in 1965 by Barry Lett (1940–2017), who had graduated from Elam Schoo ...

Collections

Several different places have kept designs that she made. Pieces by Goldberg are owned by the

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,University of Auckland,

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, the

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and New Zealand consulates in Washington, Tokyo, New York and Canberra.

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