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Will S. Taylor
Lyme Art Colony
(1882–December 7, 1968) In Lyme: 1921-1968
Will S. Taylor was born in Ansonia, Connecticut in 1882. His family moved to Worcester, Massachusetts while he was still young. He displayed his drawing ability at an early age. His teachers often asked him to draw on the blackboard for other students.
His family was of modest means so Taylor began working at the age of 8 to pay for his art school education. He attended the Massachusetts State Art School in Boston. He studied design with Vesper George and portraiture with Joseph de Camp. It was during his years at Massachusetts State that he designed church windows and painted a tapestry for Colonel Henry H. Rogers at Newport.
During his last year in Boston, he won a scholarship to the Art Students’ League in New York. While a student there he supported himself by portraying several non-vocal roles for the Metropolitan Opera
He became an instructor of mural painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1915. In 1926, he became a professor of art and curator at Brown University in Rhode Island. It was during his tenure at Brown that he was asked to create 16 murals for the North Pacific Coast hall at the Museum of Natural History in New York. To accomplish this task, Taylor spent several months with Native American tribes in British Columbia and Alaska.
Mr. Taylor was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters, the Art Fellowship and the Architectural League of New York, and the Lyme Art Association. He retired to Old Lyme, Connecticut and exhibited frequently with the Lyme Art Association. Taylor died on December 7, 1968 in New London, Connecticut.
Lyme Art Colony
(1882–December 7, 1968) In Lyme: 1921-1968
Will S. Taylor was born in Ansonia, Connecticut in 1882. His family moved to Worcester, Massachusetts while he was still young. He displayed his drawing ability at an early age. His teachers often asked him to draw on the blackboard for other students.
His family was of modest means so Taylor began working at the age of 8 to pay for his art school education. He attended the Massachusetts State Art School in Boston. He studied design with Vesper George and portraiture with Joseph de Camp. It was during his years at Massachusetts State that he designed church windows and painted a tapestry for Colonel Henry H. Rogers at Newport.
During his last year in Boston, he won a scholarship to the Art Students’ League in New York. While a student there he supported himself by portraying several non-vocal roles for the Metropolitan Opera
He became an instructor of mural painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1915. In 1926, he became a professor of art and curator at Brown University in Rhode Island. It was during his tenure at Brown that he was asked to create 16 murals for the North Pacific Coast hall at the Museum of Natural History in New York. To accomplish this task, Taylor spent several months with Native American tribes in British Columbia and Alaska.
Mr. Taylor was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters, the Art Fellowship and the Architectural League of New York, and the Lyme Art Association. He retired to Old Lyme, Connecticut and exhibited frequently with the Lyme Art Association. Taylor died on December 7, 1968 in New London, Connecticut.
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