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Fay Morgan Taylor

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Nationality
  
American

Known for
  
Spouse
  
Farwell Taylor (m. 1935)

Role
  
Artist

Name
  
Fay Taylor


Fay Morgan Taylor

Full Name
  
Fay Christina Morgan Taylor

Born
  
25 June 1909 (
1909-06-25
)
Pittsburgh, PA

Movement
  
Modernist, Philosophical and Abstracts

Died
  
September 19, 1990, Novato, California, United States

Education
  
University of Washington, University of California, Berkeley

Periods
  
Modernism, Abstract expressionism, Abstract art

Fay Morgan Taylor (June 25, 1909 – Sept 19, 1990) was an American Modernist artist.

Life and work

Born in Pittsburgh in 1909. After studying at the University of Washington, Morgan came to San Francisco in 1930. She continued her studies at the CSFA and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1934. The following year she married artist Farwell Taylor. The Taylors maintained a studio in San Francisco until 1949 and then moved across the bay to Mill Valley where she lived until arson destroyed her home and all its contents in the mid-1980s. She then moved to Novato, CA where she remained until her demise on 1990. A modernist painter, her works include philosophical studies and abstracts. Exhibition: SFAA; SFMA, 1935; Rotunda Gallery, City of Paris. Shanta State Historical Museum.

References

Fay Morgan Taylor Wikipedia


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