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Millicent Tomkins
'Still Life, Jade and Gold', Woman Artist, Berkeley, San Francisco Museum of Art

1957

$2,200
£1,662.41
€1,924.10
CA$3,086.49
A$3,433.06
CHF 1,800.98
MX$41,891.18
NOK 22,604.58
SEK 21,302.08
DKK 14,362.57

About the Item

Signed lower right, 'Millicent Tomkins' for Millicent Hanson Tomkins (American, 1930-2021) and dated 1957. Millicent Tomkins began painting at a young age and, as a child, was awarded a total of six scholarships to the San Francisco Museum of Art. She subsequently attended the University of California at Berkeley where she received her Masters of Art Degree. Over the course of a long career, both as artist and musician, she exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. These included First Prize for Fine Art at the Marin County Annual Fair in California and an Honorable Mention at the Palm Desert Museum's National Juried Exhibition, among others. She also received the Individual Artist Grant in Painting from Marin County, Ca, the Gold Discovery Award for Traditional Painting presented by Art of California Magazine and the annual Life Time Achievement in the Arts Award from Mill Valley, Ca. For many years, Millicent Tomkins painted and sketched at her working studio in Moab, Utah, while maintaining an exhibition studio in Mill Valley, California.
  • Creator:
    Millicent Tomkins (1930 - 2021, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1957
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.75 in (27.31 cm)Width: 13.25 in (33.66 cm)Depth: 0.13 in (3.31 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    paper laid down on card, minor age-toning; unframed; shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416850352

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