About Anna Heyward Taylor

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    ANNA HEYWARD TAYLOR (1879-1956)

    Anna Heyward Taylor was born into a prominent family in the cotton industry, in Columbia, South Carolina. She became an important figure in Charleston's cultural development during the golden years of the Charleston Renaissance. Most noted for her woodblock prints and watercolors, Taylor's work is characterized by strength in design and an assured technique as she concentrated on chronicling picturesque Charleston and its surroundings in scenes depicting all stratas of everyday life.

    Taylor graduated from the South Carolina College for Women, Columbia, in 1897. In 1903, she attended a summer class conducted by William Merritt Chase in Holland and traveled in Europe extensively, visiting...

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