Gertrude Goodrich

Gertrude Simone[1] Goodrich (October 5, 1914 – August 22, 2017) was an American painter and writer, whose style has been described as "primitive".[2]

Goodrich was born in New York City in 1914.[3] During her career, she produced work for a number of projects under the Works Progress Administration. Among these was a mural, Production, for the post office in Buchanan, Michigan, created in 1941.[4] The mural was later painted over, but a plan for its restoration has been put together. Its place has been taken by a copy of a preliminary sketch.[5] Goodrich painted another mural for the cafeteria of the United States Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C.;[6] titled Scenes of American Life (Beach) and painted in dry pigment in beeswax emulsion on shaped canvas between 1941 and 1947, it is now in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7] alongside a number of related works.[3] The museum also houses a study for the Buchanan post office mural.[8] Some sources erroneously provide a death date of 1980[9], however, the Archives of American Art conducted an oral interview with Goordich in 2008.[10]. She died in New Jersey in August 2017 at the age of 102.[11]

References
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  2. Arts Magazine. Art Digest Incorporated. 1943.
  3. "Gertrude Goodrich". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. "Post Office Mural - Buchanan MI - Living New Deal". Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. "Buchanan, MI Art - wpamurals.com". www.wpamurals.com. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. "Department of Health and Human Services Building: Murals and Frescoes - Washington DC - Living New Deal". Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. "Scenes of American Life (Beach)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. "Production (mural study, Buchanan, Michigan Post Office)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. "CLARA". clara.nmwa.org. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  10. "Oral history interview with Gertrude Goodrich, 2008 Mar. 13". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. Gertrude Simone Goodrich in the New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-2017


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