Bradley Walker Tomlin
Bradley Walker Tomlin (born August 19, 1899 in Syracuse , New York ( USA ), † May 11, 1953 in New York City ) was an American painter . He was one of the most important representatives of Abstract Expressionism .
Life
Tomlin showed an early interest in artistic activity. At the age of 14 he already received a scholarship for sculpture . From 1917 to 1921 he studied painting at Syracuse University . After graduating, he moved to New York and worked there as an illustrator for magazines.
In 1923 he went to Paris with a friend and studied there at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . After his return to New York in 1924, he continued to work as an illustrator (he designed covers for “ Vogue ” and Haus and Garten magazines , among other things ), but exhibited his painting at the same time. He had his first solo exhibition in 1926 at the Whitney Studio Club , where he exhibited until 1929. During this time he made trips to Europe.
In 1929, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts became the first museum to buy a painting by Tomlin. During the Depression , he made an additional living from 1932 to 1941 as a teacher at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville , New York.
From 1939 to 1944, Bradley Walker Tomlin's painting was influenced by Cubism . In 1945 Tomlin met Adolph Gottlieb , who introduced him to Robert Motherwell , Philip Guston and Jackson Pollock . This encounter influenced him strongly, he began to paint more abstractly , but still kept a special, own style. He combined elements from both action and landscape painting in his work.
Bradley Walker Tomlin lived and worked in New York City .
Some of his works were shown posthumously at documenta 2 in Kassel in 1959 .
Works in museums and collections
- Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City
- Museum of Modern Art , New York City
- Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Utica , New York
literature
- Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945 . Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959
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| SURNAME | Tomlin, Bradley Walker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Syracuse , NY, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1953 |
| Place of death | New York City |