Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Margaret Tomkins

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.tomkin84
Creators:
Tomkins, Margaret, 1916-
Guenther, Bruce
Dates:
1984 June 6
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
39 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Margaret Tomkins conducted 1984 June 6, by Bruce Guenther, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project at the artist's studio in Seattle, Washington.
Scope and Contents
Tomkins speaks of her childhood in Los Angeles; her education; the art collections in the Los Angeles area; the importance of the WPA project; the founding (with her husband James Fitzgerald) of the Artists Gallery in Seattle in 1958; being a woman artist and a working mother; finishing Fitzgerald's work after his death; her current work; and the influence of abstract expressionism.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Margaret Tomkins (1916-2002) was a painter from Seattle, Washington.

Administration

Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available on line.
Existence and Location of Originals
Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 21 min.


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FitzGerald, James, 1910- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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