b. 1948 - 2025

Bruce Goold (born 1948, Newcastle, Australia) was a painter and printmaker best known for his linocuts and woodcuts depicting Australian flora and fauna. His practice spanned a wide range of mediums, including printmaking, silkscreen fabrics, and painting. Goold’s passion for linocuts began at age twelve, when a local neighbour skilled in the medium mentored him and provided lino squares for his early experiments. He later studied at the National Art School in Sydney, where he trained in German Expressionist woodcut techniques, drawing inspiration from artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Emil Nolde.

When American and English Abstract Expressionism, particularly floral still life, experienced a resurgence in the 1970s, after its initial popularity in the early 1900s, Goold merged his own fascination with flora and linocuts to develop an influenced, yet distinctive style. He worked with linoleum squares, cutting tools, ink, Japanese paper, and a bamboo printer’s barren to produce his celebrated prints. Throughout the late 20th century, Goold held numerous solo exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as internationally in London and Ireland.

Goold was a member of the Yellow House Artist Collective, which emerged in Sydney in the early 1970s. His works are represented in major collections, including the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

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