Born: 10 July 1937, United States
Died: 2 October 2016
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Betty Blayton-Taylor
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Betty Blayton (1937-2016) was an illustrator, painter, printmaker, and sculptor. She received a degree in painting and illustration from Syracuse University in 1959 and moved to New York City shortly after. In New York, Blayton co-founded and served as board secretary of the Studio Museum in Harlem and held numerous other positions in prominent Harlem arts organizations. She is known for her style of “spiritual abstraction,” in which she imparted moods and ideas through color and form on canvas.