Maud Morgan

For the American harpist, see Maud Morgan (harpist).
Maud (Cabot) Morgan
A young white woman wearing round eyeglasses and a string of pearls or beads; in an oval frame
Maud Cabot, from the 1925 yearbook of Barnard College
Born(1903-03-01)March 1, 1903
New York City, New York, USA
DiedMarch 14, 1999(1999-03-14) (aged 96)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Known forPainting
Notable workin museums:
Spouse
Patrick Morgan
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(m. 1931; div. 1970)​

Maud (Cabot) Morgan (March 1, 1903 – March 14, 1999)[1] was an American modern artist and teacher who is best known for her abstract expressionism. She mentored Frank Stella and Carl Andre,[2] and had art pieces shown alongside such notable contemporaries as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Morgan's life began in New York City to an aristocratic family. She was also known as Boston's Modernist Doyenne.[3]

She died from complications resulting from pneumonia in 1999.[4]

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZYL-2LY : 13 June 2019), Maud C Morgan, 1999.
  2. ^ "Maud Morgan Arts - Artwork". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  3. ^ "Maud Morgan, 96; Eclectic Artist". Los Angeles Times. 1999-03-17. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  4. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths MORGAN, MAUD (CABOT)". The New York Times. 1999-03-17. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-06.