Gilcrease, Thomas, 1890-1962

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role

Collector Patron

dates

1890-1962

city

Tulsa

state

OK

other cities

San Antonio, TX;

sex

M

historical notes

Thomas Gilcrease was an art collector (primarily of Native American and Western art), patron and businessman (oil). He purchased his first oil painting in 1922, but most of his collecting was done after 1939.

The Gilcrease collection included work by Woddy Crumbo, Willard Stone, Acee Blue Eagle and others.

Gilcrease opened his first museum at his oil company headquarters in San Antonio in 1943 and 1949 he opened a gallery for public viewing in Tulsa. Thomas Gilcrease deeded his collection to the city of Tulsa in 1955.

decades
of activity

1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960

website

http://gilcrease.utulsa.edu/

updated

02/14/2025 10:12:23

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Aline and Eero Saarinen papers, 1906-1977	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Ernest Blumenschein papers, 1873-1964	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Bert G. Phillips letters, 1951.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oscar E. Berninghaus correspondence, 1945-1951.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Joseph Henry Sharp papers, [ca. 1903]-1945.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Howard Chandler Christy letters, 1949.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	George Catlin collection from the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, 1840-1860.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Sketches from the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute, [undated] and 1841-1918.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Stendahl Art Galleries records, 1907-1971	see details...
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library	Gilcrease Oil Company, East Texas "Early Days" video	see details...