Arnold Goodwin
Arnold Goodwin | |
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 Goodwin photographed with the Quoin Club in 1919 (left, in shadow) | |
| Born | Arnold Frederick Goodwin 29 July 1889 Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 26 March 1978 (aged 88) Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Years active | c. 1915 – c. 1950 |
Arnold Frederick Goodwin (29 July 1889 – 26 March 1978) was a New Zealand printmaker and puppeteer.
Biography[edit]
Goodwin was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, on 29 July 1889 to parents George and Florence Goodwin.[1] He studied at the Leicester School of Art and the Académie Julian,[2][3] and briefly worked in New York[4] before immigrating to New Zealand, where he settled in Auckland in 1913. He worked as a printer for Chandler & Co and The New Zealand Herald, before starting his own advertising company, and the Carlton Art Studio. In 1916, with his friend Thomas Gulliver, he founded the Quoin Club to promote graphic and print art in Auckland.[5]
Later in life, Goodwin was director of design and applied art at the Elam School of Fine Arts, and was involved with the Auckland Little Theatre Society,[2] where he designed sets and performed as an actor and marionette puppeteer.[6] It has been said that "puppetry in New Zealand begins and ends with one man: Arnold Goodwin", and that "his touring marionette productions of Shakespearean plays in the 1940s were widely acclaimed as being in world class".[6]
Goodwin died in Auckland on 26 March 1978, at the age of 88.[1][7]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b "Death search: registration number 1978/45587". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ a b Vangioni 2023.
- ^ Ross 2006, p. 24.
- ^ Ross 2006, pp. 29–30.
- ^ Ross 2006, p. 21.
- ^ a b "Puppet play pleases". The Press. 8 March 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Record for Arnold Frederick Goodwin". Auckland Council. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
References[edit]
- Vangioni, Peter (2023), Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand printmakers of the modern era (PDF), Christchurch: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, p. 40, ISBN 9781877375774, retrieved 18 May 2024
- Ross, Gail Macdonald (2006). New Zealand Prints 1900-1950: An unseen heritage (PhD thesis). University of Canterbury. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
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