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William S Taylor (1920 - 2010)
Figure in Landscape (The artist’s wife, Audrey Wallace)
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William S Taylor (1920 - 2010)
Signed and dated, inscribed with title
Etching numbered 2/20, 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (24 x 16.5 cm.)
Size:
Height – 24cm x Width – 16.5cm
Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.389.
The models for this etching are the artist and his sculptress wife
Audrey. Taylors images frequently combine figure and landscape with
strong Neo-Romantic
overtones and at their most poignant are saturated with lyrical sense of
longing.
William
Taylor was a painter, teacher, writer, exhibition organiser and
film-maker, born in Sheffield. He studied at Sheffield College of Art,
1936-39, and at the Royal College of Art, 1939-43. He taught at
Sheffield College of Art where in 1963 he established the History of
Art Department. He was Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at
Sheffield Polytechnic, 1972-75. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree
in art history from Nottingham University. He organised major shows
of Aubrey Beardsley and Edward Burne-Jones at Mappin Art Gallery and
made the film Portrait of Beardsley. He exhibited at the RA, NEAC,
at Leicester and Redfern Galleries and in New Zealand and Canada.
Taylor’s pictures combine figure and landscape with strong Neo-Romantic
overtones, and are saturated with lyricism and a sense of longing.
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Painter, teacher, writer, exhibition organiser and film-maker, born in Sheffield. He studied at Sheffield College of Art, 1936-39, and at the Royal College of Art, 1939-43. He taught at Sheffield College of Art where in 1963 he established the History of Art Department. He was Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at Sheffield Polytechnic, 1972-75. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in art history from Nottingham University. He has organised major shows of Aubrey Beardsley and Edward Burne-Jones at Mappin Art Gallery and made the film Portrait of Beardsley. He has exhibited at the RA, NEAC, at Leicester and Redfern Galleries and in New Zealand and Canada. Taylor’s pictures combine figure and landscape with strong Neo-Romantic overtones, and are saturated with lyricism and a sense of longing. His wife Audrey (Wallis) a talented sculptor and painter who won a scholarship to the RCA 1940-43 was both his model and muse.
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