Bradley Walker Tomlin

1899–1953

Wikipedia entry

Introduction

Bradley Walker Tomlin (August 19, 1899 – May 11, 1953) belonged to the generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists. He participated in the famous ‘’Ninth Street Show.’’ According to John I. H. Baur, Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Tomlin’s "life and his work were marked by a persistent, restless striving toward perfection, in a truly classical sense of the word, towards that “inner logic” of form which would produce a total harmony, an unalterable rightness, a sense of miraculous completion...It was only during the last five years of his life that the goal was fully reached, and his art flowered with a sure strength and authority."

Wikidata identifier

Q551865

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Roles

Artist, painter

ULAN identifier

500016014

Names

Bradley Walker Tomlin

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First acquired
1942

Date of birth
August 19, 1899

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