William Victor Higgins, A Mountain Ceremony

William Victor Higgins

American · 1884–1949 · Painter, Draughtsman

William Victor Higgins was an American painter and teacher, born in Shelbyville, Indiana. At the age of fifteen, he moved to Chicago, where he studied at the Art Institute in… (Wikipedia)

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  1. William Victor Higgins, Taos in Winter, oil on canvasTaos in WinterCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $833,000≈ £670,369≈ €747,890Sign up to see
  2. William Victor Higgins, New Mexico Zinnias, oil on canvasNew Mexico ZinniasCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $416,500≈ £326,462≈ €358,804Sign up to see
  3. William Victor Higgins, Pink and Black, 1918, oil on canvasPink and BlackCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $414,400≈ £236,206≈ €342,678Sign up to see

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William Victor Higgins was an American painter and teacher, born in Shelbyville, Indiana. At the age of fifteen, he moved to Chicago, where 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 of Design. Higgins moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1913 and joined the Taos Society of Artists in 1917. In 1923 he was on the founding board of the Harwood Foundation with Elizabeth (Lucy) Harwood and Bert Phillips.

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Born 1884, ShelbyvilleDied 1949, TaosOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q8019725 ↗ULAN 500002364 ↗Museum works 1

Also known as Higgins, Victor Higgins, W. Victor Higgins

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William Victor Higgins, A Mountain Ceremony
A Mountain Ceremony1922
Dallas Museum of Art ↗
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