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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Margaret Tomkins
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tomkin84
- Creators:
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Tomkins, Margaret, 1916-Guenther, Bruce
- Dates:
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1984 June 6
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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39 PagesTranscript
- 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.
Keywords
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Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art, Modern -- Northwestern States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Women artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Women painters | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
FitzGerald, James, 1910- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Artists Gallery (Seattle, Wash.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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