Mel Gooding obituary

Writer on art who undertook interviews for the Artists’ Lives oral history project at the British LibraryThe art critic, writer and teacher Mel Gooding, who has died aged 80, worked independently of any institution; rather than resulting from a planned career, his publications grew out of a sensuous response to painting and sculpture, and an understanding of those who made the work. As well as contributing to the art and national press, including Arts Review, Art Monthly and the Guardian,