The collection is arranged as eight series: Series 1: Biographical Material , circa 1918-2013 (0.1 Linear feet: Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1970s-2020 (1 Linear foot: Boxes 1-2) Series 3: Personal Business Records, circa 1980-2017 (0.5 Linear feet: Box 2, 8) Series 4: Writing, circa 1965-2019 (1.2 Linear feet: Boxes 2-3) Series 5: Teaching Files, circa 1984-2013 (0.3 Linear feet: Boxes 3-4) Series 6: Printed Material , circa 1968-2020 (1.5 Linear feet: Boxes 4-5, 8) Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1950-2015 (1.8 Linear feet: Boxes 5-8) Series 8: Artwork, circa 1967-2008 (0.9 Linear feet: Boxes 7-8) Series 9: Unprocessed Born-Digital Media (1 folder: Box7)
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary:
The papers of California artist Tom Wudl measure 7.3 linear feet and date from 1918-2021 with the bulk dating from 1968-2015. The collection is comprised of biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, writings, teaching materials, printed material, photographic material, and artwork. Some material is in digital formats.
Citation:
Tom Wudl papers, 1918-2022, bulk 1968-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
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The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own.
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds a 2019 November 22-24 oral history interview and a 2020 July 15 oral history interview with Tom Wudl.
Biography Note:
Tom Wudl (1948- ) is an artist and educator living in Los Angeles, California. Wudl was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia as the son of two industrious Jewish exiles who fled persecution in Vienna and would run several businesses including a textile factory and a dairy company. He dedicated his pursuits to becoming an artist even before the family relocated to Los Angeles with his family at age ten, and was determined to quickly learn English. Wudl received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Chouinard Art Institute, but credits the rest of his art education with extensive travel in Europe and Japan. Wudl is associated with the resurgence of figurative painting in the 1980s, and his subject matter is often inspired by his keen interest in Buddhism. Wudl showed with a number of galleries before finding representation with LA Louver in Venice, CA in the 1980s, a relationship that would endure his entire career. Wudl has exhibited his work in museums and galleries nationally and internationally, including Documenta 5 at Kassel; Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, and Nagoya City Museum in Japan; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Art; Pasadena Art Museum; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He taught painting and art history at various schools in the eighties and nineties including the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena; UCLA; UC Irvine; UC Santa Barbara; Claremont College; and Otis College of Art and Design, and eventually established a private teaching practice operating from his studio. Public collections featuring Wudl's work include Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated in 2022 by Tom Wudl.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
