Spaulding, John Taylor, 1870-1948
type Collector
dates 1870-1948
city Boston
stateMA
other citiesCambridge, MA;
sex M
history 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.
decades1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
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see alsoSpaulding, William S