Artist:  WILLIAM BAGGETT (American, b. 1946)

Title:  "Mississippi Summer House" 

Medium:  Original Color Lithograph on Arches Wove paper

Signature:   Hand-Signed by the Artist in Pencil

Edition:  Limited Edition of 285 impressions; this one numbered "198/285" in Pencil

Size:  30 1/8 x 22 1/8 inches (sheet)

Printer/Publisher:   Vermillion Editions Limited

Reference:  "THE INTELLIGENT EYE, REALITY RE-SEEN:  The Art of William Baggett" by Renata Karlin, PhD, University Press of Mississippi (2018).

About the Artist:  Although born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1946, William Baggett is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Southern Mississippi, in Hattiesburg. He now lives in Poplarville, Mississippi. Prior to his current position, he taught for thirteen years at the University of Mississippi and at Auburn University. He was recognized at Auburn in 1982 with an endowed Alumni Professorship for Scholarly and Creative Achievement. He also received the University of Southern Mississippi’s Faculty Award for Creative Research and Achievement.  Since 1995, his painting has focused primarily on the development and execution of three huge murals for the Library of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the Winfred Wiser Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, and the auditorium of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Baggett received the Governor’s Award in Visual Art in 2014. In 2016, he was awarded the Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award.