Arthur Clifton Goodwin

$18,000.00

 

The Frozen Neponset River

Oil on Canvas

25 x 30

With Frame

30 x 35

 

SKU: 1278 Categories: ,

Description

Arthur Clifton Goodwin (1864-1929)

Condition Report: Signed “A.C. Goodwin” lower left.  Painting has been relined and is in good condition.

Provenance: Exhibited at The Waterhouse Restaurant. New England Landscapes Exhibit. March 22 to May 21, 2017.  Exhibited at The Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell Art Association Inc. 20th Century New England Landscapes. June 3 to July 21, 2017

Arthur Clifton Goodwin Biography from the Archives of askART

A painter especially known for street and waterfront scenes of Boston, Arthur Clifton Goodwin did work that captured the subtle nuances of light and color, creating a harmony between and the natural environment.  His style reflected American Impressionism, although his subject matter was not typically rural. He preferred painting Boston and particularly scenes where the city met the natural landscape, such as piers, bridges, or the Boston statehouse.  His “T” wharf series, representing the pier where boats of largely Portuguese and Italian origin would dock, were quite well known.

Goodwin was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and was raised in Chelsea Massachusetts. He did not begin painting until the age of thirty and became a self-taught Impressionist and also a follower of the Ashcan School led by Robert Henri. After painting in Boston in both oil and pastel for a twenty-year period, Goodwin gained the recognition of famous art figures including John Singer Sargent, Mrs. Jack Gardner, and John T. Spaulding.  Childe Hassam was quoted as describing Goodwin as “the greatest painter in Boston.”

However, Goodwin’s erratic lifestyle frequently cost him patrons as did the inconsistency of his pricing of his paintings.

In 1921, he left Boston for New York City and had a studio on Washington Square where he “developed a reputation as one of the few American Impressionists to prefer urban subjects” (Spanierman) including bridges, parks and avenues. He and his wife then lived in Chatham, New York where he painted many landscapes. In 1929, he returned to Boston and resumed his Bohemian lifestyle. That same year he died suddenly, found in his home by friends with his trunk fully packed and lying beside a steamship ticket to France.

Source:
Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art
Spanierman Galleries LLC, Art for the New Collector II

 

Additional information

Weight 6.3 lbs
Dimensions 33 × 4 × 38 in

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