William Victor Higgins Explained

Victor Higgins
Birth Name:William Victor Higgins
Birth Date:28 June 1884
Birth Place:Shelbyville, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Taos, New Mexico, U.S.
Resting Place:Sierra Vista Cemetery, Taos, New Mexico, U.S.
Alma Mater:Art Institute of Chicago
Known For:Painting
Style:Realist, modernist
Movement:Taos Society of Artists
Spouse:Sara Parsons; Marion Koogler McNay
Patrons:Carter H. Harrison

William Victor Higgins (June 28, 1884 – August 23, 1949) was an American painter and teacher, born in Shelbyville, Indiana. At the age of fifteen, he moved to Chicago,[1] 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.[2] 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 (alongside E. Irving Couse, Joseph Henry Sharp, Oscar E. Berninghaus and others) in 1917. In 1923 he was on the founding board of the Harwood Foundation with Elizabeth (Lucy) Harwood and Bert Phillips.[3]

Personal

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, Texas.[4]

Artwork

While living in New Mexico, he often painted portraits of Native American women.[5] During the Depression, he was commissioned to paint a mural inside the Taos County Courthouse financed by the PWAP, titled Moises, El Legislador.[6]

Among his paintings are:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Victor Higgins . The Butler Institute of American Art. en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209212257/https://butlerart.com/portfolio-item/fiesta-day/ . 2023-12-09 . dead.
  2. Book: Fisher. Reginald. An Art Directory of New Mexico. 1947. Museum of New Mexico. Santa Fe. 28.
  3. Book: Hoefer. Jacqueline. A More Abundant Life : New Deal Artists and Public Art in New Mexico. 2003. Sunstone Press. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 978-0-86534-371-9. 95.
  4. Book: Victor Higgins 1884-1949: Retrospective Exhibition. 1971. Museum of New Mexico, Fine Arts Museum. Santa Fe, NM.
  5. Web site: Exchange: Oka and Walmacho. exchange.umma.umich.edu. 2020-03-11.
  6. Book: Porter. Dean A.. Victor Higgins : An American master. 1991. Peregrine Smith Books. Salt Lake City . 978-0-87905-362-8. 187.
  7. Web site: Winter Funeral . The Harwood Museum of Art . 2024-05-19.
  8. Web site: The Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico, (painting). Smithsonian Institution. en. 2020-03-11.
  9. Web site: Snite Museum of Art Western Arts — New Mexico Skies (pt. 1). Snite Museum of Art Western Arts. 2020-03-11.
  10. Web site: Floral Still Life. sam.nmartmuseum.org. en. 2020-03-11.
  11. Web site: Indian Paint Brush. sam.nmartmuseum.org. en. 2020-03-11.
  12. Web site: Exchange: Oka and Walmacho. exchange.umma.umich.edu. 2020-03-11.
  13. Web site: Arroyo Landscape Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu. en-US. 2020-03-11.
  14. Web site: Mountain Forms #2 Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu. en-US. 2020-03-11.
  15. Web site: Valley Spring Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu. en-US. 2020-03-11.
  16. Web site: Victor Higgins (1884-1949) Biography Medicine Man Gallery. Medicinemangallery.com. en. 2020-03-11.

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