John Williams Taylor

Background

Taylor, John Williams was born on October 12, 1897 in Baltimore. Son of John Williams and Maude (Butner) Taylor.

Education

Studied with, South. McDonald Wright, J. Francis Smith, Los Angeles, 1920-1923, Boardman Robinson, Art Student’s League, New York City, 1927-1928. Students League New York summer school Students League New York, North.A.

Career

Instructor Art Students League New York summer school, Woodstock, New York, 1948, 50, 51, 54, Pennsylvania State University, 1957. Mich State University, 1958. Guest instructor John Herron Museum School, Indianapolis, 1950, 54, 57, 60, U. Tulane, 1956, 58-59, U. Florida, 1960-1962, U. Washington, 1963.

Executed mural decoration, Richfield Springs (New York) Post office, 1942, works exhbtd., Macbeth Galleries, 1938, 44, 50, American Academy Arts and Letters, 1948, Milch Galleries, 1955, 63, exhibitions include annuals of, Carnegie Institute, Whitney Museum, Pennsylvania Academy, University of Illinois, Virginia Museum biennials, National Academy Design, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, American Watercolor Society, Brooklyn Museum International, John Herron, Metropolitan, Baltimore, Montclair, Worcester and Toledo museums, others

Representative permanent collections, Metropolitan Museum, American Academy Arts and Letters, Currier Gallery American Art, John Herron Museum, Art Students League New York, National Academy of Design, Whitney Museum American Art, Virginia Museum, other museums, galleries, private collections. (recipient 1st prize 42d Watercolor annual Baltimore Museum 1939, prize for watercolor 33d Annual Exhibition Albany Museum 1968).

Guggenheim fellow, 1954. John Barton Payne medal and purchase award Virginia Museum Biennial, 1946.

Honorable mention Carnegie Institute’s, Painting in the United States, 1947.

1000 award Paintings of the Year, National Academy Galleries, 1948. Citation and $1000 grant in arts American Academy Arts and Letters, 1948. Gold medal honor American Watercolor Society, 1949.

Achievements

• John Williams Taylor has been listed as a notable artist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Woodstock Artists Association National Academician.

Connections

Married Andree Ruellan, May 28, 1929.