William Victor Higgins

William Victor Higgins (June 28, 1884 – August 23, 1949) was an American painter and teacher, born at Shelbyville, Indiana. He studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In Paris he was a pupil of Robert Henri, René Menard and Lucien Simon, and when he was in Munich he studied with Hans von Hayek. He was an associate of the National Academy. He moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1913 and joined the Taos Society of Artists in 1917. He married Sara Parsons, daughter of Santa Fe painter, Sheldon Parsons, and they had a daughter, Joan. He was later briefly married to Marion Koogler McNay of San Antonio, TX.^[1]

Among his paintings are:

• "Moorland Gorse and Bracken," in the Municipal Gallery, Chicago
• "Moorland Piper," Terre Haute Art Association
• "Juanito, the Suspicious Cat," In the Union League Club, Chicago
• "Women of Taos," Santa Fe Railroad
• "A Shrine to St. Anthony," Des Moines Association of Fine Arts
• "Fiesta Day," Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
• "Pueblo of Taos," Los Angeles Museum
• "Indian at Stream," Los Angeles Museum
• "Taos from the Hillside," Richmond Art Museum
• "Baking Bread, Taos", Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis
• "The Blue Shawl", Eiteljorg Museum
• "Talpa Landscape", Eiteljorg Museum
• "Abiquiu Country", Eiteljorg Museum
• "New Mexico Skies", Snite Museum of Art
• "Taos Street in Winter", New Mexico Museum of Art
• "Floral Still Life", New Mexico Museum of Art
• "Walking Rain (Pablita Passes)", New Mexico Museum of Art

References

Sources

• "William Victor Higgins (1884-1949)". tfaoi.com. Indianapolis, IN: Eiteljorg Museum. June 30, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2013. 

External links

• Higgins paintings in New Mexico Museum of Art