56 Atkins Mayo Road. [2011, Dunlap]
Second Boris Margo studio. A stout, angular box of a workplace — made distinctive by its battered walls and sloping roof — this studio replaces a 1950s precursor built for the artist Boris Margo (1902-1995) that burned to the ground on 20 March 1972. Margo was married to the artist Jan Gelb (1906-1979). They spent summers in a dune shack built on the site of the old Peaked Hill Bars Life-Saving Station. It’s still known as the Margo-Gelb shack.
All that was left standing after the fire was the chimney. Margo and his nephew, the artist Murray Zimiles, rebuilt the studio in 1973. The studio is currently used by Margo and Gelb’s grand-niece, Dawn Zimiles, who is herself a painter and mixed-media artist. She received a fine arts degree in sculpture from the Parsons School of Design and is the webmaster at the Fine Arts Work Center.
[2010, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
56 Atkins Mayo Road on the Town Map, showing property lines.
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¶ Last updated on 2 January 2022.