Arthur Clifton GoodwinA landscape painter, 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 was a self-taught Impressionist. After painting in Boston 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, Goodwins erratic lifestyle frequently cost him patrons as did the inconsistency of his pricing of his paintings. In 1920, he left Boston for New York City and then settled in Chatham, New York, with his wife. He returned to Boston in 1929 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. |
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