Sidney Goodman (1936-2013) entered the Philadelphia College of Art (which became the University of The Arts) in 1954, where he studied illustration. A 1957 scholarship to the Yale-Norfolk summer school crystallized Goodman’s decision to become a painter rather than an illustrator. In 1961, his debut exhibition in New York was highly received. He was recognized at the age of 27 by Time magazine as being one of the most influential upcoming artists on the scene. Goodman was one of the most respected figurative artists in America. He participated in and helped shape the return to figuration and realism that occurred in the 1960s.

Goodman spent over fifty years teaching, first a professor at the University of the Arts from 1960 to 1978, then the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, until 2011. Over the course of his career, Goodman received a number of formal honors, including a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship in 1962, the Hazlett Memorial Award for Excellence in the Arts (Painting) in 1986, and an honorary doctorate from Lyme Academy College of Art in 2006. His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Woodmere Art Museum, and many more.

Untitled (Interior with Stove Pipes).

Oil on canvas, 22 x 18 inches, in a period Perakis frame.

$1,650.