Will Taylor

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This page presents information regarding artist Will Taylor,  whose work is held as part of the Tees Valley Arts Collection, accessioned by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art into the Middlesbrough Collection.

Will Taylor

About Will Taylor

Will’s membership record at the Flyingdales Group of Artists states:

My subject matter is mainly landscape; the landscape of Danby dale where I live, and the surrounding North Yorkshire Moors. Northumberland, especially Holy Island, holds a special fascination too. The inevitable seasonal changes, night and day and the extremes of weather, bringing with them endless variations of light, colour and mood, provide the inspiration and focus for my painting and printmaking. While landscape features in my linocuts, I am occasionally drawn to the dramatic imagery of Industrial Teesside or the unique and fascinating shapes of Yorkshire cobbles. Their boldness of form and colour offer limitless possibilities for the medium of printmaking.

Will Taylor

More information & Sources

Natural Partners Art has this to say about William Taylor

Born in North East England, where he spent most of his life, Will, who died in 1998, was known especially for linocuts, produced on a Victorian press in his studio at his home on the North York Moors. Many of his pictures reflect the moors, coastline and contrasting landscape of the industry in his local area, but Will also found inspiration in the varied landscape right across the North of England and Scotland. It has been said that his work has a quietness about it: a gentleness which grew out of his love for this part of the world.

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Sarah Colegrave Fine Art has this say this about him:

Taylor studied at Sheffield College of Art, 1936-39 and at the Royal College of Art, 1939-43. He then 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 organized major shows of Aubrey Beardsley and Edward Burne-Jones at the Mappin Art Gallery and made a film Portrait of Beardsley. Taylor exhibited at the Royal Academy, New English Art Club, Leicester and Redfern Galleries and overseas.

Sarah Colegrave Fine Art

Liss LLewellyn also had this to say about William Taylor:

Taylor, William S

1920 – 2010     

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.

Liss Llewellyn, with thanks to artbiogs.co.uk

We would also like to give a huge thank you to Peter Hirschmann for providing us with this selection of additional information and sources about William Taylor.

Artworks in the Collection

Staithes

Date: Unknown
Artist: Will Taylor
Medium: Ink on paper, linocut (Framed but not Glazed)
Credit Line: Presented by Tees Valley Arts

Description

Print 32/50

Object Number: MIDMA-FA-1562

Fishing Boats, Whitby

Date: Unknown
Artist: Will Taylor
Medium: Ink on paper, linocut (Framed but not Glazed)
Credit Line: Presented by Tees Valley Arts

Description

Print 10/50

Object Number: MIDMA-FA-1561

Whitby

Date: Unknown
Artist: Will Taylor
Medium: Ink on paper, linocut (Framed and Glazed)
Credit Line: Presented by Tees Valley Arts

Description

Object Number: MIDMA-FA-1560

Guisborough Priory

Date: Unknown
Artist: Will Taylor
Medium: Ink on paper, linocut (Framed and Glazed)
Credit Line: Presented by Tees Valley Arts

Description

Print 14/100

Object Number: MIDMA-FA-1559

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