Avis de décès de William-John Taggart - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

TAGGART--William John, 71, abstract painter, printmaker, and sculptor, died at his home in Salisbury, CT, on October 17. Born in Buffalo, NY, in 1936, he received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an MFA from the University of New Mexico. After he moved to New York his work was shown at the Betty Parsons Gallery from 1970 until Parsons' death in 1982. His work was featured in group shows and one-man exhibitions throughout the U.S. and is held in many private and public collections, including the American embassies in Bonn, Mexico City, and New Delhi; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo; IBM; the Prudential Insurance Company and the Port Authority of NY and NJ. Taggart is survived by his wife Sarah Cooke Taggart and three sons from his first marriage, Sean Michael, Caleb Samuel and Joshua Barney Taggart, as well as a grandson, two brothers, and two sisters. Interment will be on November 24 in Doswell, VA. A memorial service will be held in New York at a date to be determined.