Augustus

WORKS by one of Wales’ most celebrated and controversial artists that were owned by Hollywood superstar Dame Elizabeth Taylor fetched almost £250,000 at auction yesterday. The works by Augustus John included portraits of former lovers and an oil ...  

fetched the top price of the group last night at £10,121,250. The picture shows a view of the asylum where the artist spent his last months. Taylor’s father, the art dealer Francis Taylor, had bought the painting on her behalf at auction in 1963 for £92,000.  

COURTLAND—Francis Augustus “Gus” Simmons, 88, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 31, 2012. He was born March 28, 1923, in Southampton County, a son of the late Robert Augustus and Missie Francis Spain Simmons. He was married to the ...  

John is survived by his wife, Peg, sister Jayne Baggett and nephews Craig, James and Rick Baggett. A memorial service was held on Friday, January 27, 2012, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Incline Village. If you wish to send flowers ...  

Gus is survived by his wife, Joyce Snodgrass Evans; children, Elaine (Dave) Spear of Wintersville, Brenda (Greg) Hough of Imperial, Pa., Ken (Lynn) Evans of Doylestown, Pa., and Marilyn (Doug) Scheaffer of Streetsboro, Ohio; sister, Katherine Watkins of ...