WOLMARK, Alfred - Letters, papers, artworks, photographs and press cuttings

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0070 TGA 721
Held at	: Tate Britain   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.tate.org.uk/research/researchservices/archive/ ›
Full title	: WOLMARK, Alfred - Letters, papers, artworks, photographs and press cuttings
Date(s)	: 1895-1966
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 2 boxes of papers
Name of creator(s)	: Wolmark | Alfred Aaron | 1877-1961 | painter and decorative artist
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Alfred Wolmark was born in Warsaw, Poland, and moved to England as a child in 1883. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools, where he won a silver medal for drawing, between 1895 and 1897. His first one-man show was at the Bruton Galleries in London in 1905. In 1911, he produced designs for Serge Diaghilev's ballets. He married Bessie Tapper in 1911 and they had two sons and a daughter. In 1915 Wolmark was one of the founders of the Ben Uri Art Society, where a memorial exhibition was held in 1961. Wolmark was influenced by the Post-Impressionists and knew Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (who modelled a bust of him). He died in London in 1961. Biographical information is included in the exhibition catalogues, 'Alfred Wolmark, 1877-1961: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings' (Ben Uri Art Gallery, 1961) and 'Alfred Wolmark' (Fine Art Society, 1970).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Alfred Wolmark was a painter whose range included figurative, landscape and graphic art. The papers and sketches in this collection reflect the various areas and influences in his life and work. The collection includes sketches, transcripts of his lectures, a diary, examples of posters and programmes designed by him, lists of his works, and correspondence with friends, associates and possible sitters.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Reference number TGA 721/26 has not been used.

Conditions governing access:

Open. Access to all registered users

Conditions governing reproduction:

Usual copyright restrictions apply

Finding aids:

Paper list available

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Alfred Wolmark's son Eric Wolmark in 1972.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Letters from Wolmark can be found in the papers of Michael Sadler (TGA 8221). Three private view cards are held in the private view card collection and the Tate library holds numerous exhibition catalogues and volumes of 'Colour'. Papers relating to Wolmark are also held at the Imperial War Museum.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Suzanne Keyte for AIM25 from the Tate Archive catalogue

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with the General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD (G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
2004