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historical notes
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John Taylor Spaulding, known as "Jack”, was a collector and businessman who collected Japanese prints, European and American paintings, and sword-mounts.
Spaulding’s collection included over 6,000 Japanese ukiyo-e prints, and works by, among others, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Degas, Fantin-Latour, Sisley, Renoir, Monet, Chardin, Matisse, Bonnard, Bellows, Augustus John, Luks, Kroll, Henri, Lie, Speicher, Kent, Melchers, Homer, Hopper, Cassat, Manet, Gaugin, Goya, Raeburn, Boudin, Vuillard, Derain, and Orpen.
Between 1921-1948, John and his brother William, donated more than 8,000 items to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
John was married Marion Coleman in 1927.
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