▁art , ▁maintain ing ▁an ▁invent ory ▁and ▁exhibition ▁program ▁motiv ated ▁by ▁scholar ship , ▁and ▁offering ▁personal ized ▁advis ing ▁for ▁collect ors . ▁Over ▁the ▁past ▁ 3 6 ▁years , ▁the ▁gallery ' s ▁program ▁has ▁included ▁significant ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁vern ac ular ▁from ▁the ▁Hudson ▁River ▁School ▁to ▁Im pression ist , ▁Modern ist , ▁Abstract ▁Expression ist , ▁and ▁Contempor ary ▁Art . ▁H oll is ▁Tag gart ▁Gall eries ▁has ▁organized ▁exhib itions ▁cur ated ▁by ▁gallery ▁direct ors ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁sch ol ars . ▁The ▁gallery ▁has ▁also ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁over ▁thirty ▁museum s ▁and ▁institutions ▁to ▁produce ▁scholar ly ▁catalog ues ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁American ▁art . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁H oll is ▁Tag gart ▁established ▁his ▁gallery ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁Tag gart ' s ▁entr ée ▁into ▁the ▁art ▁world ▁was ▁as ▁a ▁collect or , ▁and ▁he ▁eventually ▁turned ▁to ▁the ▁gallery ▁business ▁after ▁several ▁years ▁of ▁art ▁collect ing ▁while ▁pract icing ▁law ▁in ▁New ▁Orleans . ▁He ▁holds ▁degrees ▁in ▁art ▁history , ▁business , ▁and ▁law . ▁ ▁After ▁four ▁years ▁in ▁Hollywood , ▁the ▁gallery ▁re located ▁to ▁the ▁Ge or get own ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁H oll is ▁Tag gart ▁Gall eries ▁expanded ▁to ▁a ▁satellite ▁location ▁in ▁New ▁York ' s ▁Upper ▁East ▁Side . ▁The ▁two ▁gall eries ▁were ▁cons