Overview
Collection Information
Size: 57 Pages, Transcript
Format: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 26 min.
Summary: An interview of Franklin Watkins conducted 1971 August 18, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical/Historical Note
Franklin Watkins (1894-1972) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Provenance
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Language Note
English .
Funding
Funding for this interview was provided by the Wyeth Endowment for American Art.
