Oral history interview with Sidney Goodman
name: label: Interviewee
content: Goodman, Sidney
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Philadelphia College of Art
label: Names
content: Terry Dintenfass, Inc.
label: Names
content: Berd, Morris, 1914-
label: Names
content: Day, Larry, 1921-
label: Names
content: Landau, Jacob, 1917-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Goodman, Sidney
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sidney Goodman (1936-2013) is a painter and sculptor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 270 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 November 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.goodma90
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Sidney Goodman conducted 1990 November 1, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Goodman discusses his family and early life in Philadelphia; his studies at the Philadelphia College of Art with Morris Berd, Jacob Landau, and Larry Day; military service; traveling to Europe and the art collections he visited; teaching at the PCA and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and his students; his 30 year relationship with the Terry Dintenfass Gallery; sales and exhibitions; and a lengthy discussion of his paintings, drawings and sculpture, including the importance of photography, the stylistic changes in his art, subject matter including his interest in portraiture, nudes and landscapes, and his most recent work.