Maurice Golubov: Artist of the Fourth Dimension Digital Catalog

MAURICE GOLUBOV Artist of the Fourth Dimension FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 16 | 2024

Photo Credit: Lee Sievan, 1952, Woodstock, NY

MAURICE GOLUBOV Artist of the Fourth Dimension FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 16 | 2024 Maurice Golubov (1905-1987) pushed the boundaries of Abstract Expressionism during America’s golden age of Modern Art. He is recognized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as a Modern Master. Having escaped the Russian Pogroms as a boy, he spent his younger days as a full-time commercial artist in New York City. He first studied art in the 1920s by taking evening drawing classes. By the late 1930s he developed his work in both abstraction and figuration. After a solo exhibition at the Artists’ Gallery in 1941, he was invited by Alice Trumbull Mason and George L.K. Morris to join the American Abstract Artists. In 1943, Golubov had the first of three solo shows at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina and in the late 1940s, the legendary art dealer, Betty Parsons, gave the artist two solo exhibitions. Recognition of Golubov's work continued with its inclusion in the Whitney Museum’s 1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, and Drawings. That same year, his work was exhibited at the Whitney Annual of American Painting. In 1962, Golubov’s work was featured in the Museum of Modern Art's "Recent Painting USA: The Figure."

By the late 1940s, most of Golubov’s work was abstract. In 1975 he began representation with Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York and in 1980 was given his first major museum retrospective presented by the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC, which traveled to other museums, including the Jewish Museum in New York. Decades later, Golubov's work continues to retain a freshness, a liveliness, and an energy that is both playful and serious, sensuous and thoughtful - and most of all - passionate.

1613 Paseo de Peralta I Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 I 505.988.3250 I lewallengalleries.com I contact@lewallengalleries.com Cover: Maurice Golubov, Untitled (#13373), 1944, Oil on paper, 21.5" x 25"

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13217), 1980 Gouache on paper 11 x 10.75 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13411), c. 1970 Oil on canvas 25 x 34 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13380), 1978 Gouache on paper 5.75 x 7.25 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13384), 1981 Gouache on paper 11.25 x 8.5 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13390), 1983 Gouache on paper 10.75 x 7 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13391), 1982 Gouache on paper 11.25 x 8.5 in

Maurice Golubov City Moonlight, 1950 Gouache on paper 17.75 x 23.5 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13216), c. 1934 Gouache & pencil on paper mounted to board 18.75 x 24.25 in

Maurice Golubov Mechanical World No. 1, 1943 Mixed media on board 20 x 30 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled No. X-A281, 1939 Tempera on paper 21.5 x 29 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13228), 1976 Oil on canvas 24 x 34 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13224), 1975 Oil on canvas 28 x 28 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13236), 1971 Oil on canvas 48 x 52 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13408), 1974 Oil on canvas 26 x 34 in

Maurice Golubov Planetary Formations, 1978 Oil on canvas 42 x 50 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (from a 1929 Miniature), 1968 Oil on canvas 31.75 x 41.5 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (Holyoke), 1942 Oil on paper 13 x 17.5 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13365), 1944 Oil on paper 10.5 x 18 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (Rockport), 1936 Gouache on paper 10.5 x 16.75 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13367), 1940 Gouache & tempera on paper 18 x 23.5 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13373), 1944 Oil on paper 21.5 x 25 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13371), 1936 Charcoal & ink wash on paper 18 x 24 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13372), 1941 Oil on paper 22 x 30 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13369), 1940 Oil on paper 21 x 27.75 in

Maurice Golubov White Comp. #2, 1935 Oil on paper 20.5 x 30.25 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13381), 1979 Gouache on paper 8.5 x 11.25 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13383), 1977 Gouache on paper 8 x 10.5 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13385), 1977 Gouache on paper 5.75 x 9 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13388), 1981 Gouache on paper 10.75 x 8 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13397), 1981 Gouache on paper 10.5 x 13.25 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13232), 1972 Oil on canvas 47.75 x 40 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13404), 1972 Oil on canvas 50 x 40 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13410), 1974 Oil on canvas 26 x 34 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13409), 1968 Oil on masonite 24 x 35.25 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13223), 1960 Oil on canvas 23 x 29 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (#13377), 1983 Gouache on paper 11.5 x 9 in

Maurice Golubov Untitled (0002), c. 1979 Gouache on paper 11.62 x 8.87 in

“If you can imagine a point moving, it becomes a line. A line becomes a surface, and a surface becomes a cube. And if you move a cube, well this is infinate already.

Because it suggests Freedom.”

-Maurice Golubov

Back Cover: Maurice Golubov, Untitled (#13411), c. 1970, oil on canvas, 25 x 34 in Railyard Arts District | 1613 Paseo de Peralta | Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 | 505.988.3250 www.lewallengalleries.com | contact@lewallengalleries.com ©2024 LewAllen Galleries | Artwork ©Maurice Golubov