The archives associated with the life and work of Jack Tworkov are deposited at the Archives of American Art and were done so by the Estate in 2009. The Jack Tworkov Papers measure 9.7 linear feet and are dated 1926-1993, with the bulk from the period 1931-1982. Tworkov's work as a painter and influential teacher, as well as his personal life, are documented by extensive journals and substantive correspondence that record his ideas about art and teaching, and illuminate his relationships with friends, colleagues, and students. Many sketchbooks, writings, interviews, photographs, and moving images are also included.

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Twrkv on Soutine, 1950

On the occasion of the Chaim Soutine exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York, aptly titled “Flesh,” we revisit the historic essay written by Jack Tworkov on Soutine's retrospective at MoMA originally published in ARTnews in November 1950.

ARTnewsjasonMay 15, 20181950, Arp, Artnews, Cezanne, Chaim Soutine, Duchamp, Jack Tworkov, Jewish Museum, Kandinsky, Klee, Masson, Metropol, Miro, Mondrian, Museum of Modern Art, The Kluver, Western Painting

Tworkov Paints a Picture, 1953

Published in Art News in May 1953, this article features Tworkov speaking candidly about a new series of paintings titled "House of the Sun." Written by Fairfield Porter with photographs by Rudy Burckhardt, it was one of the first articles in an important new series titled "Paints a Picture." The series was commissioned by the then editor of Art News, Thomas B. Hess and included features with Hans Hoffman, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell and Jackson Pollock among others.

ARTnewsjasonJanuary 1, 20131953, Art News, Black Mountain College, Fairfield Porter, House of the Sun, Jack Tworkov, Paints a Picture Series, Rudy Burckhardt, Thomas B- Hess, Tworkov Paints a Picture

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