Joseph Goldyne | |
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University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | artist, printmaker, curator, author |
Joseph R. Goldyne (born 1942), is an American artist, curator, and author. He is known for his monotype prints and drawing and he was one of the co-founders of 3EP Ltd. Press.
Joseph Goldyne was born on 20 April 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] [3] He is Jewish, and sometimes his artwork has religious themes. [4]
He majored in art history, and received a B.A. degree at the University of California, Berkeley, and continued his studies and earned a M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF). [1] [5] In 1970, he earned a M.A. degree in Fine Arts from Harvard University. [5] After graduation from Harvard, he moved to Berkeley, California to work at the printmaking studio of artist Jeanne Gantz (1929–1987). [1]
In 1978, Goldyne alongside Mary Margaret "Moo" Anderson, and Paula Kirkeby founded 3EP Ltd. Press of Palo Alto. [6] 3EP Ltd. Press remained in operation until 1984. [7]
The subject of Goldyne's artwork is often personal objects such as articles of clothing, food, and home decor. [8] His work is commonly small scale printmaking with a combination of painting, and/or drawing. [5] [8] He creates series of prints on a single theme, most notably Diary of a Young Girl (Het Achterhuis) (1985); Women 9 (1976); Ten Firsts (1978); and Quartet (1986). [5] Goldyne makes artists books with recurrent collaborations with printmaker Peter Rutledge Koch, including Five Ripe Pears (1996); Oda a la Tipografía | Ode to Typography (1998); and Hard High-Country Poems (2015). [5]
Goldyne's work is in public museum collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [1] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [9] Monterey Museum of Art, [10] Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, [11] The Phillips Collection, [12] Art Institute of Chicago, [13] Victoria and Albert Museum, [14] [5] and the National Gallery of Art. [15]