Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
Muralist, Painter, Printmaker, Illustrator
Size: Transcript: 57 pages
Format: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformated 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.
Franklin Watkins (1894-1972) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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.
Funding for this interview was provided by the Wyeth Endowment for American Art.
Transcript: microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Franklin Watkins, 1971 August 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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