Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74).
Contents
Artist's forward -- Preface -- Introduction to the painter -- Biography -- The formative years -- Early influences -- Indiana post office murals -- Stratford period : 1939-1951 -- Hartford years : 1951- -- Tompkins and the artists he admires -- Subject matter and meaning -- His use of line and color -- His approach to the human figure -- Tompkins reflects on contemporary trends in art -- Summation.