23 Facts About Judith Godwin

Judith Godwin was an American abstract painter, associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement.

Judith Godwin was born in Suffolk, Virginia, in 1930 to a father who was interested in architecture and landscape gardening.

Judith Godwin's interests created an environment that inspired and encouraged Judith to pursue painting.

Judith Godwin attended Mary Baldwin College in 1948 for two years.

At the time, women were required to wear a skirt in the cafeteria; Judith Godwin wore jeans after rushing from a studio class and was reported to the dean of the school, Margaret Johnson, who then met with her and changed the rule to allow women to wear jeans.

Judith Godwin attended the Art Students League of New York, where she studied with artists Will Barnet, Harry Sternberg, and Vaclav Vytlacil.

Judith Godwin lived in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, but as a native Virginian, remained a member of the Jamestowne Society.

Judith Godwin's papers are held at the Archives of American Art.

Judith Godwin studied with Hofmann in his studio on 8th Street, and noted his wife Miz as another important influence.

Judith Godwin credited Hofmann with making her feel at home after moving to New York, as well as with challenging her conservative color palette and technique.

Hofmann helped Judith Godwin move away from the influence of cubism and towards abstract expressionism.

At Betty Parsons' show, Godwin met the director for the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, James Johnson Sweeney.

Judith Godwin was interested in Godwin, and asked her to send a small collection of her work.

Judith Godwin enjoyed her work, although at the time he did not add them to the Guggenheim Collection.

Judith Godwin met other prominent male artists such as Mark Rothko and Marcel Duchamp.

In 1999 Judith Godwin was a panelist for "Hans Hofmann as Artist and Teacher" symposium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Judith Godwin practiced a style of painting that emphasized interpretation of experience and emotion through improvisational construction of the work, combining the language of color with gestural movements.

Judith Godwin's work was influenced by environmental causes, gardening, modern dance, and Zen.

Judith Godwin's passion for the environment was a recurring element in her canvases, although these landscape elements refer to the artist's inner terrain, which often echo the disturbances of external nature.

Early in her career Judith Godwin employed a strong, aggressive style in order to silence the male critics who dismissed women's contributions to the art world at that time.

Judith Godwin's father was Frank Whitney Judith Godwin, a dentist and decorated veteran of World War I who later became a national vice commander of the American Legion, and was additionally an amateur architect.

Judith Godwin was a cousin of Virginia Governor Mills E Godwin, Jr.

In 1963 Judith Godwin purchased a brownstone in Greenwich Village previously owned by Franz Kline.