Alfred James Tulk papers
name: label: Creator
content: Tulk, Alfred James, 1899-1988
label: Names
content: Rambusch (Firm)
label: Names
content: Rambusch Glass and Decorating Company
place: label: Place
content: Africa, West -- Description and Travel -- 1851-1950
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Mosaicists
label: Occupation
content: Stained glass artists
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- Connecticut
label: Topic
content: Painting, Abstract -- Connecticut
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting -- Connecticut
label: Topic
content: Art and religion
label: Topic
content: Christian art and symbolism
label: Topic
content: Muralists
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Papers were bequeathed to Tulk's daughter, Sheila Tulk Payne, who donated them to the Archives.
creator: label: Creator
content: Tulk, Alfred James, 1899-1988
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born in London, England. Tulk received his Bachelors Degree from Yale University in 1923 and his Masters Degree from the University of Guanajualo, Mexico. Mural painting occupied most of his earlier years with commissions in painting, stained glass, and mosaics. He painted over 300 large murals between 1925 and 1954 for theatres, churches, hotels, restaurants, and private homes. During World War II Tulk worked with camouflage and the painting of altar triptychs for U.S. Chaplains in camps and on battleships. From 1960 to 1987 he painted landscapes, portraits, and abstract paintings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tulkalfr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, artwork, scrapbooks, and Tulk's autobiography document his career as an artist. Over 160 photographs (ca. 1920's-1980's) depict Tulk and his work. Eighty-three drawings and paintings range from student work at Yale to professional designs for the Rambusch Company and other design firms. Two scrapbooks assembled by Tulk contain reviews and exhibit announcements. His autobiography, describing his two-year residence in West Africa in the 1930's, and a descriptive list of murals painted between 1925-1960 are included among his notes and writings. Letters (1940-1986) are mostly business-related correspondence between Tulk and the Rambusch Company. Clippings (1936-1984) discuss the altar designs Tulk created for ships and camps during World War II and his work for the Rambusch Company. Other materials include a 1985 video-taped interview with Tulk and many copyright certificates for his designs.