Edna Taçon

Edna Jeanette Taçon, whose name is often written, incorrectly, as Edna Tacon, (born Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1905, died New York, New York in 1980) was a Canadian pioneer of modernism.

Early years Edna Taçon was born as Edna Jeanette MacDougall. Her father, a violinist in vaudeville theaters, died when she was six years old. As a result, her mother gave her up for adoption to a widow, Mrs. Jane MacFarlane, of Goderich, Ontario. Taçon was trained as a violinist and moved with her adopted mother to Toronto in 1924 to pursue a degree in music. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Toronto in 1927. It is the first exhibition of her work in 40 years. Her archive is stored at The Edward P. Taylor Library & Archive at the AGO.

Awards Solomom R. Guggenheim Foundation Scholarship, 1941