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Margaret Tomkins
Margaret Tomkins (1916–2002) was an American Surrealism, Surrealist / Abstract expressionism, Abstract Expressionist painter. Though born, raised, and educated in Southern California, she spent most of her life in the Pacific Northwest, where she was well known both for her art and her energetic, outspoken art activism. Her Surrealist works of the 1940s earned considerable national attention, and as her work evolved in the 1950s and 1960s, she came to be known as a pioneer in Abstract Expressionism. Tomkins was the driving force behind the first artist-owned gallery in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. Though friends with many of the artists of the Northwest School (art), Northwest School, she denied any artistic connection to these "mystic" painters, at times deriding their claims of quasi-magical inspiration from nature as "silly". She was similarly dismissive of any categorization based on her gender. She was married to painter and sculptor James FitzGerald (artist), J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B&w Photo Of Painter Margaret Tomkins
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